Jean-Pierre Dantan, Jnr (French 1803-1869); Jean de Paleologu (Romanian b.1855) and A. Poncet (French 19th Century)
A Collection of Caricatures
caricatures of leading French figures including Michel Levy, Adolphe Wenger, Dr Claude Lachaise by Jean-Pierre Dantan, Junior (1803-1869) and 5 caricatures by Jean de Paleollogu (b. 1855) and 3 by A. Poncet (19th Century)
Various media, including pencil, watercolour, and pen and ink
Various sizes

All unframed (37)



Literature

Many of the caricatures in the present lot by Jean-Pierre Dantan were illustrated in Figures of Fun, The Caricature Statuettes of Jean-Pierre Dantan by Janet Seligman, London, Oxford University Press, 1957.

Jean de Paleologu (born in Bucharest in 1855) was a caricaturist who studied in London and Paris. He first exhibited in London in 1891. He signed his drawings 'Pal'. He exhibited in Paris in 1900 and 1926. He was probably a member of the Savage Club where this group of 5 drawings were made. He contributed to Vanity Fair and Strand magazines.