4 political satires.

Various techniques, sizes and conditions.

1. "Réception d'un chevalier de l'Eteignoir". Hand-coloured etching, 32,7 x 44,3 cm, laid paper with watermark "F.B.", signed in the plate at lower margin "E...", numbered no. 3 at upper right. From the series "Les Cent-jours" (6 pl). Satire against reactionaries: a group of elderly men wearing extinguishers on their heads assist as a new member puts out the flame of a candle under an awning. Ref. De Vinck 10288.- 2. "Les Théâtres". Hand-coloured etching, 32,7 x 44,3 cm, laid paper, signed in the plate at lower margin "E...", numbered no. 2 at upper right (repaired tear at the right margin). From the series "Les Cent-jours" (6 pl). In older literature the print has been attributed to Eugène Délacroix. -3. "Nouveau Parnasse Parisien ou Les Poëtes Modernes". Hand-coloured etching 30 x 23 cm, laid paper, unsigned. A satire on the literary beau-monde in Paris around 1810.- 4. "Le Sermon de village". Hand-coloured etching, 24,5 x 32,5 cm, laid paper, unsigned. An anti-religious satire on church sermons.