Philibert-Louis Debucourt (1755-1832) Le Compliment ou La Matinée du jour de l'an; Les Bouquets ou La Fête de la grand-maman. 1787 and 1788. Tool and aquatint engraving. Sight: 275 x 355. Fenaille 15 and 16. Printed in colours. Beautiful proofs on laid paper, oxidized, with more marked oxidation at the opening of the mat. Some foxing, including a larger circular one to the left of the Compliment tablet and another one to the left of the subject. Very fine threadlike scuffing to the right of the subject with the Bouquets. Frames.

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