Spanish Dancer. Engraving by Boileu from a drawing by J. Dedina for the 1889 romance, La Femme et Le Pantin, by Pierre Louys

Description

This is one of the ‘Femme et Pantin’ engravings are original 19th century French illustrations pulled from the private antique novel collection of Jai Voulu. The limited edition publications provide a glimpse into the Beaux Arts age: the moeurs, concerns and delights of France from the Ancien Régime to the Belle Epoque, with a little Revolution in between.