Caricature of a Print seller

Jean Charles Delafosse French
 Formerly attributed to Ennemond Alexandre Petitot French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 690

Delafosse was an occasional architect and prodigious designer of decoration and ornament. Here, he puts a humorous twist on the centuries-old tradition of depicting various trades in a series of individual figures.

The seller of prints is envisioned as a chicken sporting a tricorn hat. He wears a box on which are displayed the prints he offers for sale.

Caricature of a Print seller, Jean Charles Delafosse (French, Paris 1734–1789 Paris), Pen and black ink, brush and gray and colored wash over traces of black chalk

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Caricature of a Print seller, Jean Charles Delafosse (French, Paris 1734–1789 Paris), Pen and black ink, brush and gray and colored wash over traces of black chalk
Caricature of a Print seller, Jean Charles Delafosse (French, Paris 1734–1789 Paris), Pen and black ink, brush and gray and colored wash over traces of black chalk

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