Amis des Fleurs., Émile Desmaisons, 1854

Two children watching butterflies, the older one shown half-length in profile to right among flowers, embraced by the other from the back; in an oval; from a series of lithographs of children by desmaisons; in an oval; gold edges to sheet; after brochard; in volume half-bound in green cloth-covered boards and green leather, with gold tooling, lettered on spine 'french familiar subjects / in / lithography. / coloured. ' 1854 lithograph printed in black and gold, with hand-colouring. Date: 1854. Dimensions: Height: 625 mm (volume); Width: 483 mm (volume). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Amis des Fleurs. (BM 1854,1211.403)