ca. 1830 - 1840. Europe (probably England.) double paper leaf. bone sticks. folding, pleated fan.
A lithograph hand colored in gouache, the full leaf scene is of a child being escorted across the heavens. Below lie a river and four islands . The colors are as gentle as the leaf's air of regret and loss. Scrolled gold foliage fills the small reserves and top border in a vine/herringbone design. The verso is a small vignette with people. The bone sticks are simply pierced. The lithograph is signed, with a backwards "E" sharing its back with a "P," on the large rock to the right.
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