1827
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Débit d'Albums avec Procédés nouveaux (New Methods for the Sale of Lithograph Albums) is a 1827 ink by Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows three men in a street scene. One holds a stack of papers, another offers a book, and the third looks at it while adjusting his hat. Their clothes are old-fashioned, and the background is blurry with a wreath-like border. The text at the bottom reads like a joke: *"If you don’t buy my album, you’re dead!"* It’s a playful way to advertise new methods for selling lithograph albums. Next, check out lithography to see how this image was made.
Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet was a French painter and printmaker, more especially of military subjects.
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