Lot #134: Framed hand coloured French engraving in original ornate gilt wood frame François Flameng

This antique French engraving is still in its original frame circa 1875 and features the work of the renowned French artist François Flameng titled something like “Officier au Dolman vert et jaune et jeune Merveilleuse dans un parc” (Officer in a green and yellow dolman with a young Merveilleuse in a park). gazette-drouot.com It depicts an elegant late 18th/early 19th-century (Directoire/Empire period) flirtatious encounter in a public garden or park: • Two fashionably dressed young women (one in a striking blue gown, the other in lighter yellow/cream with a large hat) are seated on a bench.La Causerie” (French for “The Conversation” or “Chit-Chat”), sometimes titled or described as a scene from life in Paris around 1793 or similar Empire-era leisure. - Item: Framed print / lithograph - Frame: Gilt wood with gesso, Victorian/Rococo-style ornate design - Colors: Gold frame, cream/beige mat, multi-color print - Subject: Figures/People — Napoleonic War, French women - Size: Medium overall frame (approx. 16–24 inches) - Condition: frame has chips and paint/gilt loss; mat stained/minor foxing; glass intact - Signature/markings: François Flameng lower right Pickup category timeslot {A}