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Chez Jean

1870? Framed broadside presenting six colored fable scenes.  13" x 9½".  Framed by worn tape.  Chez Jean, Rue St. Jean de Beauvais #10.  No. 33.  10 from guymarie justin through Ebay, April, '22.

I am surprised that this very fragile piece arrived intact.  It seems to have five colors: red, pink, yellow, brown, and green.  "Fox in the Well"; "Fox and Bust"; CJ; WL; TH; and "The Man with the Wooden Idol."  The color seems to be applied to areas rather than to the outlines of difficult objects like bushes