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The Picnic

c. 1810

Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant

(French, 1759–1849)

after Alexandre Moitte

(French, 1750–1828)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
lithograph
Measurements
Image: 26.3 x 18.4 cm (10 3/8 x 7 1/4 in.); Sheet: 31 x 23.4 cm (12 3/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection 1940.1138
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Description

Lithography did not really get under way in France until 1816 when Lasteyrie and Godefroy Engelmann, both trained in the shop of lithography inventor Alois Senefelder (1771-1834) in Germany, opened separate lithographic establishments in Paris. Antoine-Jean Gros and Carle and Horace Vernet were among the earliest artists engaged by Lasteryrie and Godefroy to draw original designs upon the lithographic stone.
A vertically oriented lithograph in black ink depicts three women in long dresses and a child, all with light skin tones, in a wooded clearing. On our left, two women sit on a bench. To our right, another woman sits on a stump, her back to us. A child stands between them. Tall, slender trees frame a distant river with a multi-arched bridge and buildings. A hat hangs from a branch at the left.

The Picnic

c. 1810

Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant, Alexandre Moitte

(French, 1759–1849), (French, 1750–1828)
France, 19th century

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