Caption
Eleven depictions of human pastimes, Passe-temps, Leisure activities, Passe-tems, print, Series number, 99, 168, printmaker: Victor Adam, France, printer (person): Aubert & Junca, Paris, publisher: Aubert & Cie., 1837, printer (person), paper, chalk lithograph, height 356 mm x width 276 mm, Reissue of the original series 'Passe-Temps', published by Aumont en Tilt and subsequently by Aumont en Tessari, 1833-1837., recreation, amusement, A series of detailed monochrome sketches show various figures in historical dress and horses scattered across a pale background; a mounted rider in a plumed hat sits astride a horse near the top center, while to the right a man in uniform stands beside a rocky outcrop; a central standing soldier with a tall feathered helmet and a long coat holds a cane and looks forward, with faint ground shading beneath his feet; lower left a man leads a fully saddled packhorse by a rope along a rough path; small groups and pairs of soldiers and civilians appear throughout the composition, some conversing, some seated or gesturing, and one pair includes a woman in a dress standing close to a uniformed man with a cane; plant and rocky details are lightly sketched around several figures, and one small scene shows a rider on a distant horse closer to the middle left.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26A89_189
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