Fashion Plate from La Mode Illustree

 

Two Women in a Living Room

 

Dimensions: 10.75 X 15 inches

 

1869, Plate # 43

 

This plate was drawn by the artist Anaïs Toudouze, a famous woman illustrator of the period who was at the center of a talented family of artists and art critics in the Belle Epoche. Her father was the artist Alexandre-Marie Colin, and her husband was the architect and engraver Gabriel Toudouze. Her son became a well-known art critic in the circles around Emile Zola.

 

Signed in the plate by the artist.

 

 

Condition: Some light creases, some spotting, and discoloration. Spots are less pronounced than they look in this scan