Lot 666
A Victorian painted ledge back sideboard Depicting scenes from Reynard the Fox, in the manner of H. Leutemann
Auction: 7 December 2007 at 10:00 GMT
Description
of inverted breakfront form, the ledge back flanked by two stage back drawers with spindle galleries above three recessed frieze drawers and three graduated drawers flanked by a pair of panelled doors with ceramic handles, on plinth base
Dimensions
189cm wide, 100cm high, 59cm deep
Footnote
The vignettes depicted on this sideboard are copied from the book cited below and painted in a distinctive 'sanguine' oil technique, their quality suggesting that they might possibly be by, or from the studio of, H. Leutmann, the artist who created the original steel engravings for this story.
Literature: Reynard the Fox - A poem in twelve cantos, translated from the German by E.W.Holloway, with thirty-seven engravings on steel, after designs by H. Leutemann, published by A.H. Payne (Dresden & Leipzig); W. French (London, 67 Paternoster Row)