Courrier de
La Mode
Children in a Salon
# 674
This plate was engraved after a drawing by
Anaïs Toudouze, a famous woman artist 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. Colin's three daughers, Adele, Heloise
and Laure were "responsible for many of
the most charming fashion-plates of the mid-nineteenth
century," according to Vyvian Holland (the
son of Oscar Wilde) in his book "Hand Colored
Fashion Plates." The married names of the
three sisters were Anais Toudouze, Heloise Leloire
and Laure Noel.
Toudouze's husband was the architect and engraver
Gabriel Toudouze. Her son became a well-known
art critic in the circles around Emile Zola.
And her daughter, Isabelle Toudouze, continued
in her mother's footsteps as a fashion print
artist.
Condition: Some creasing and light browing
of sheet. Top corners folded over (but not missing).
Nice vivid handcoloring.
Dimensions: 8 X 11 inches
$ 35
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