Charte Constitutionnelle of 1830 - Hand-Colored Lithograph - Paris

Original hand-colored lithograph with the full text of the French Constitutional Charter of July 1830, set within an oval of laurel among tricolor flags, bundles of pikes, the cartouches Honneur and Patrie and a cockade below. Beneath, the dedication Dédié aux Chambres.

This is the commemorative print of the July Revolution of 1830 and of Louis Philippe's accession to the throne: the revised Charter became the emblem of the new regime and was circulated on decorative sheets like this one, made to hang in offices and town halls. It came from the workshop of Lemercier, the most important lithographic house in 19th century Paris.

Medium: Hand-colored lithograph.
Artist: Hussard.
Date: 1830 or shortly after.
Source: Printed by the Lemercier lithographic house, Paris; published by Dauty.
Dimensions: 12.2 x 18.1 in (31 x 46 cm).
Condition: Paper heavily browned, with damage and losses at the edges — above all the right and lower ones — and some tearing; the central composition complete.