Auction 042322
Dressed to Kill, Dressed to Till
By Casco Bay Auctions
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Apr 23, 2022
147 Main Street, Freeport, ME, United States
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Historic Men’s Dress, Military and Civil, including Costume, Artwork, and Color Plate Books from the James L. Kochan Collection.
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LOT 108:
[18TH CENTURY COSTUME] Un Jeune Matelot Racontant son Naufrage [The Young Shipwrecked Sailor…]. Duthe after ...
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Sold for: $70
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$150 - $250
Buyer's Premium: 20%
sales tax: 5.5%
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[18TH CENTURY COSTUME] Un Jeune Matelot Racontant son Naufrage [The Young Shipwrecked Sailor…]. Duthe after W. R Bigg Paris, Tassari & Co. [nd]. Colored aquatint, 13 x 15 platemark, with narrow margins. Possibly a pirated French edition after the original English work by William R. Bigg, a leading genre artist of the late 18th century. It depicts a ship’s boy wearing sailors trousers and the typical striped shirt favored by seaman, approaching children at a cottage for assistance, the girls all wearing petticoats and chemises, over which are fastened stays and aprons, with straw hats or bonnets on their heads. The boy in laborer’s jacket, and breeches with a round hat on his head. Unframed.
