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PASMOND, Armand de.
Cashier de Costumes Commence en 1836 et fini en 1840 [Algeria Military Costume].
A very charming manuscript sketchbook made by a French naval officer as a recreational pastime while traveling through the Mediterranean, North Africa - including scenes from Algeria and Morocco, and Reunion Island. It contains many depictions of uniforms from around the Mediterranean, particularly those of the navy, but also soldiers in Sardinia, Corsica, and in Algeria. His travels further afield to Reunion Island include 2 fine watercolours of the island showing slaves and 'Colons'
- Published
- Unknown, 1836-40.
- References
- Bobins IV 1287.
- Plates
- 34
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- Unknown, 1836-40.
- Ref
- 1646
Small oblong quarto (195 x 262mm). Includes scenes of Algeria, Reunion Island, military and naval costume, naval ships and silhouettes. An album of 49 leaves (numbered 10-59) of costume watercolours and pan & ink sketches, containing 34 watercolours, some highlighted in gum-arabic, 7 pen & ink drawings, some with grey wash, and 3 pencil sketches, two colour-printed puzzles pasted on flyleaf. In contemporary quarter morocco-backed brown straight- grained paper covered boards, re-backed in modern tan morocco corners (worn). It contains several scenes of Morocco and Algeria which had just become French colonies in 1833. Pasmond's sketchbook, with its fine watercolours and sketches of Africa, its caricatures of soldiers (some historical) and people, and its playful silhouettes and drawings of a variety of subjects , such as accurately drawn ships, is therefore both a charming and beautiful object in itself, as well as a first-hand depiction of Algeria, at a particularly significant stage in its history. Several pages are images skilfully copied from caricaturists such as 'Adam'. Coloured plates in order: 1. Sardaigne Cagliari 1836. Soldat / Officier d'Infanterie / Officier d'Artillerie. 2. Corps Bastia 1836. Voltigeur Corse / Garde de Sauti / Gendarme. 3. Ile Bourbon 1834. Esclaves Negres / Esclaves du gouvernement / Commandeur donnant la bastorrade. 4. Ile Bourbon 1834. Colou / Garde National allant monter la garde / Esclave. 5. A montage of 11 figures. Croquis d'apres Adam (** pen & ink sketch - uncoloured). 6. A montage of 5 figures. Croquis d'apres Adam (** pen & ink sketch - uncoloured). 7. A set of rustic scenes. Croquis d'apres Adam (** pen & ink sketch - uncoloured). 8. Alger 1834. Femmes femmes maures a leur toilette. 9. Alger 1834. Mauresques en costume pour sortir. 10. France 1793. Il est défendu de fuuier. mais vous pouvez vous assevir. 11. France 1812. Sapeur!!! i'est fini plus de carotte, chacun son ecot comme tout francais la doit. 12. [Pencil sketch with a poem?] A lady prays in a church. (**uncoloured) 13. [Unnamed print] An officer converses with a a lady. 14. Afrique 1837. Spahis reguliers d'Alger. 15. Interieur d'une maison mauresque (**pen & Ink sketch - uncoloured). 16. Alger 1837. Juives / Juif. 17. Pontons anglais. (**pen & ink sketch - uncoloured) 18. [Bateau francais - 1836.] 19. [Bateau francais - 1833.] 20. [Bateau francais - 1834.] 21. Afrique 1837. Officier des Chasseurs d'Afrique... / Officier des Spahis d'Oran... 22. Afrique. Zoave / Officier des Zoaves / Courtiniere d'Infanterie. 23. Corps Royal de la Marine 1837. Admiral / Capitan de Vaisseau... / Garde tennue de ville. 24. Corps Royal de la Marine 1837. Capitaines de Corvesse [Summer and Winter uniforms.] 25. Corps Royal de la Marine. Lieutenants de Vaisseur... 26. Corps Royal de la Marine. Ensigns de Vaisseur... 27. Corps Royal de la Marine. Eleves de la Marine... 28. Marine. Matelots / Officier... 29. Habitants de la lune / Trompes... 30. [Unnamed print] A montage of 3 sketches (**pen & ink sketch - uncoloured) 31. Marine. Matelots de l'etat / Matelots du commerce. 32. Infanterie de Ligne... 33. Garde Royale uniformes de 1836. Lancier / Gendarme / Hussard / Grenadier / Dragon / Chasseur / Fusilier / Cuirassier... 34. Marine Royale. A montage of 8 scenes onboard ship. 35. La cuzguë 1840. 36. Armee Francaise. Mounted officers . Shipwrights (**uncoloured pencil sketch) & an officer checking a soldiers uniform (coloured). 37. 1840. Espagne. Infanterie... 38. [Unnamed print] ** uncoloured pencil sketches (3) / silhouettes (2) / two officers & a mounted officer (coloured). 39. [Unnamed print] Silhouettes (4) - uncoloured / pencil sketch (1) - uncoloured / three coloured figures. 40. [Unnamed print] A montage of assorted silhouettes - uncoloured. 41. [Unnamed print] An uncoloured pencil sketch of two men drinking outside a tavern / A man in a cape smoking a cigarette & a cavalry officer firing a pistol (coloured). 42. [Unnamed print] A collection of coloured vignettes of civilians and military men. 43. [Unnamed print] One coloured sketch of a rotund military man in dress uniform / a series of pencil sketches of ducks / a hunter with his dog / 'local characters' / a pair of men conversing (uncoloured). 44. A set of flags and pennants...
