Dumas, Alexandre.- Giraud (Eugène Pierre François, 1806-1881) Portrait of the young Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870), pencil on cream wove paper, signed 'E. Giraud' in the lower right corner, sheet approx. 195 x 120 mm. (7 3/4 x 4 3/4 in), laid onto album leaf, with trimmed contemporary pen and ink inscription identifying the sitter, minor surface dirt, mounted but unframed, [circa 1835] Provenance: Originally from an album containing original drawings by French artists, including Isabey, Pierre Francois Eugene Giraud, Le Poitevin, and Auguste Caron See lot 198 ⁂ The present caricature shows the young author in military dress, and bears a close similarity to the caricature by Pierre Luc Charles Ciceri, now held in Le Musée Carnavalet, Paris.
Dumas, Alexandre.- Giraud (Eugène Pierre François, 1806-1881) Portrait of the young Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870), pencil on cream wove paper, signed 'E. Giraud' in the lower right corner, sheet approx. 195 x 120 mm. (7 3/4 x 4 3/4 in), laid onto album leaf, with trimmed contemporary pen and ink inscription identifying the sitter, minor surface dirt, mounted but unframed, [circa 1835] Provenance: Originally from an album containing original drawings by French artists, including Isabey, Pierre Francois Eugene Giraud, Le Poitevin, and Auguste Caron See lot 198 ⁂ The present caricature shows the young author in military dress, and bears a close similarity to the caricature by Pierre Luc Charles Ciceri, now held in Le Musée Carnavalet, Paris.
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