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Lot 076 - Pair of Antique Carte De Visite C.D.V. Illustrated Filler Cards Depicting Classical Mythological Scenes with Nude Figures Including a Risque Sale of Winged Private Parts
Lot 076 - Pair of Antique Carte De Visite C.D.V. Illustrated Filler Cards Depicting Classical Mythological Scenes with Nude Figures Including a Risque Sale of Winged Private Parts
Pair of antique carte de visite C.D.V. illustrated filler cards reproducing classical mythological artwork. The first card depicts a risque multi-figure scene set in a wooded landscape in which an elderly woman presides over a basket of winged private parts, presenting one to a draped female figure, while nude and semi-draped women recline and stand in the surrounding scene. The second card depicts a mythological abduction scene with two nude figures locked in a struggle beside a chariot wheel, accompanied by a winged putto amid swirling clouds. Both cards are photographic reproductions of drawings or engravings in the neoclassical style.
The backs of both cards are blank. Condition shows light toning and minor soiling to the card stock on both examples.