Live auction - Lot 281
[Freemasonry]
Souvenir for the Fellow.
Lyon, [Mathelin-] Fanton, c. 1850
€ 150 / 250
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Lot description
Lithograph, 60 x 80 cm, old hand-coloured (spotted, sm. tear).
Framed (not studied outside frame).
Rare allegorical plate to provide the Fellow ("Compagnon") with a souvenir of his (symbolic) journey, his "tour through France". The custom was also to purchase a drawing or lithograph when passing through Lyon or Bordeaux, hence the Lyon ed.