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LAMI, Eugène.
Souvenirs du Camp de Luneville. [Souvenirs of the Camp of Luneville]
Six Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Depicting Military Scenes. The son of an Empire bureaucrat, [Lami] grew up in Paris. Beginning in 1815, he studied painting with Horace Vernet and afterward in the studio of Baron Gros. To support himself he made lithographs for several albums, including in 1822 a 'Collection des uniformes des armées françaises, de 1791 à 1814'. Lami paid his first visit to England in 1826, during which he drew the sketches which resulted in his 'Souvenirs de Londres' under [Henry Monnier's] guidance [he] comprehensively explored London and the countryside.
- Published
- Paris: Delpech éditeur, 1829.
- References
- Bobins III 1145.
- Plates
- 6
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- Paris: Delpech éditeur, 1829.
- Ref
- 1338
4to, 19th-century polychrome marbled boards, corners strengthened, fresh blue spine, lettered in gilt, and six contemporary hand water coloured lithographs. **Missing from all the bibliographies on costumes.** Complete series. Eugène Lami, French painter and lithographer, worked at the studio of Horace Vernet, then studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. An attractive series of plates showing the army at work and play within its camp. Between 1830 and 1838, he made his reputation as a military painter - he also became a court painter, several of his large canvasses hang at Versailles. *Ron Norman of Hartlepool carried out rebinding and restoration work on this book. (Ronnorm@aol.com)* Coloured plates in order: 1. Une Alert. (Camp de Luneville) 2. Bivouac sur la lisiere d'un bois. (Camp de Luneville) 3. Colonne de Carabiniers passant un gue. (Camp de Luneville) 4. Conversions par Escadrons. (Camp de Luneville) 5. La Messe. (Camp de Luneville) 6. Suspension d'Armes. (Camp de Luneville)
