williamstalk

i know the perfect person to ask for you, but he is sleeping at the moment!

although i know a great deal less, it is worth mentioning that a number of these famous romantic era lithographs were reprinted (in really beautiful prints i might add) in 1948 and that a lot of the prints that are about are from this printing. but i can ask later if you like. he might ask if you can photograph the front and back of it, would you be able to?

also what are the measurements of the print, if you are able to measure it?

the measurement framed is 31x27. It is numbered 355. I do have photos of front and back. There's a card on the back with the number and other info. I'd be very interested to know more. Thanks!

Before I swoon here I must say something. Could it be "Chalon"?

In that case, my dear, you really have something.

Alfred Edouard Chalon was a Swiss painter and lithographer 1780-1860.

In those days I wouldnt say they were churned out by their millions, but there was a fair amount about. Then with time most have been ruined or simply thrown away by people inheriting what they would have called oldfashioned sentimental rubbish. So a real Chalon costs a few dollars today.

I would be very happy indeed to own a real Chalon, especially of Pas de Q.

There used to be a shop off Charing X Road in London called "The Witches' Ball".

They used to sell authentic lithographs of dancers, but I could never afford a Taglioni. Any Londoners know if that shop still exists?

I was doing some research on a lithograph that I acquired some years ago and I saw your posting regarding Albert Chalon. I do indeed have a framed copy of Pas De Quatre. There is very little onfo on this subject that I can find. What can you tell me about the painting and the artist? It is numbered on the back.