Europe, France, 19th century. "Les Ages de la Femme" - "Les Differentes Positions Sociales" - Les Ages de la Vie Humane" Three antique epinal chromolithographs. One depicts the various stages of life from birth to death, with an illustration every ten years of life arranged upon a pyramidal staircase above a central depiction of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. The second composition depicts the stages of a woman's life from birth to death above an image of God's creation of Eve with Adam asleep below. The third depicts seven different societal statuses: sovereign, gentelman, clergy, youth, soldier, beggar, and peasant - above a farmer preparing his land with a horse-drawn plough. A wonderful trio of epinal chromolithographs, each one set in a frame under glass. Size: each measures 17.5" W x 13.5" H (44.4 cm x 34.3 cm) framed
Epinal prints like these examples depicted popular subjects in 19th cnetury France. They were named Epinal because the first publisher of these images, Charles Pellerin, was born in Epinal and named the printing house that he founded in 1796 "Imagerie d'Epinal".
Provenance: ex-private Moore collection, Denver, Colorado, USA, acquired prior to 1990
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Condition
These chromolithographs have not been examined outside their frames. Each appears to show expected age wear with normal foxing, a few tears to the "Positions Sociales" image and some waviness to "Les Ages de la Femme". The framings show expected age wear with scuffs and losses to the finish of the frames and tears/darkening/wrinkling to the gallery paper on the versos.