Lot n° 287
Estimation :
250 - 300
EUR
ROUBAUD Benjamin (Roquevaire 1811 - Algiers 1847) - Lot 287
ROUBAUD Benjamin (Roquevaire 1811 - Algiers 1847)
Moorish woman from Algiers in costume
Watercolor over black pencil lines
23.5 x 17.5 cm
Titled and dated lower right Mauresque d'Alger 1838
Bears lower left no. 14
(a few stains, slight edge tears including the lower and upper right corners)
Moorish woman from Algiers in interior costume
Watercolor over black pencil lines
23.5 x 17.5 cm
Titled and dated lower right Mauresque 1838
(stains and brown spots)
Note: Benjamin Roubaud studied at the Beaux-Arts in Marseille before becoming a pupil of Louis Hersent in Paris. He was a painter, caricaturist and illustrator. He began his career in magazines such as Charivari, where he quickly made a name for himself with his humorous drawings, critical of French life and the politics of the day. He was particularly inspired by Algeria, where he spent several years. He worked particularly for L'Illustration. Drawings from this period were published in numerous works in the 1840s, including La galerie royale des costumes, Les troupiers d'Afrique and Album d'Afrique.
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