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Desperet Auguste (1804-1865)

Third eruption of the volcano of 1789

Auguste Desperet volcano 1789 – Original lithograph, 1833

Under the title, the mention ‘Which must take place before the end of the world, which will shake all thrones and overthrow a crowd of monarchies.’

Nice proof on white (wove paper), with the usual central fold, lithograph published by the newspaper La Caricature, 1833, n° 135, plate n° 279. lithograph by Becquet after a drawing by Auguste Desperet and edited by Aubert, galerie véro dodat.

Dimension of the sheet : H. 260 mm x L. 350 mm

Auguste Desperet or Desperret (Lyon, 1804 – Paris, 1865), is a French wood engraver, drawer, lithographer and art collector. He arrived very early in Paris where he became a student of Guillaume Lethière (1760-1832). From 1831 to 1840, he contributed to the newspapers La Caricature and Charivari, satirical illustrated newspapers directed by Charles Philipon (1800-1862), also from Lyon, as well as the Magasin Pittoresque. He joined the caricaturist and illustrator Jean-Jacques Grandville (1803-1847), whose drawings he engraved on wood. After Grandville’s death, he was employed at the Chalcographie du Louvre.

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