A set of twelve unusual hand painted 'Les Chasses de Compiegne' panoramic wallpaper panels
A set of twelve unusual hand painted 'Les Chasses de Compiegne' panoramic wallpaper panels
probably early 20th century after designs by Antoine Charles Horace Vernet aka. Carle Vernet (French, 1758-1836) circa 1814 and originally colour block printed by Jacquemart et Bénard, Paris
the panels depicting scenes from an early 19th century stag hunt with elegant huntsmen and ladies on foot and horseback, with local peasants within a park and the surrounding countryside of a chateau or castle including the meet, the chase, a picnic and the kill, the rolls mostly numbered verso in pencil and with the tracers and painters' names along with tallies of the hours and days spent on each roll, each panel, 365cm x 122cm (12)
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A set of twelve unusual hand painted 'Les Chasses de Compiegne' panoramic wallpaper panels
probably early 20th century after designs by Antoine Charles Horace Vernet aka. Carle Vernet (French, 1758-1836) circa 1814 and originally colour block printed by Jacquemart et Bénard, Paris
the panels depicting scenes from an early 19th century stag hunt with elegant huntsmen and ladies on foot and horseback, with local peasants within a park and the surrounding countryside of a chateau or castle including the meet, the chase, a picnic and the kill, the rolls mostly numbered verso in pencil and with the tracers and painters' names along with tallies of the hours and days spent on each roll, each panel, 365cm x 122cm (12)
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