Lion, G.Fantoches. Original illustration design.... Lot 1281

Lion, G.Fantoches. Original illustration design. Circa 1900. Pen and charcoal on vergé, partly heightened in white. Sheet dimensions 48 x 33.5 cm. Signed. Lion, G. Fantoches. Original illustration design. Circa 1900. Pen and charcoal on vergé, partly heightened in white. Sheet dimensions 48 x 33.5 cm. Signed. Not much is known about the author. He worked as an illustrator for well-known French satirical newspapers such as "La Caricature" and "Le Charivari" around the turn of the century. - Below the illustration with the caption: "Allons (...), mon ami, la bonne t'attend, je ne veux pas que tu mettes les pieds ici avant que tu n'aies demandé au ministre les palmes académiques pour mon mari, ... tu lui dois bien ça." - Verso and lower margin with inscription in blue colored pencil. Somewhat stained and creased and with small hole. Margins somewhat irregular. Verso with traces of previous mounting. Original illustration sketch. Pen and charcoal on vergé, partly heightened with white. Signed. - Not much is known about the author. Around the turn of the century he worked as an illustrator for well-known satirical newspapers such as "La Caricature" and "Le Charivari". - Under the illustration with the caption in French: see above. - Inscription in blue colored pencil on verso and in lower margin. Somewhat stained and creased and with small holes. Margins somewhat irregular. Verso with traces of former mounting.