After Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635) Three Prints from Balli di Sfessania

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After Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635)

Three Prints from Balli di Sfessania. Unsigned, characters identified in the plates. Engravings on paper, sight sizes to 2 1/2 x 3 5/8 in., in a common frame; together with a group of assorted theater ephemera, two-pence colored including: "Mr. Phelps as Sir John Falstaff," "Miss M. Woolf as Joe Jessamy," and "Mr. Macready as Rob Roy Macgregor"; miscellaneous 19th century Italian engravings, and photographs of Kabuki actors. Condition: Callot prints with subtle creasing, not examined out of frame.
Estimate $200-300

Likely trimmed to plate marks, as two have edges visible on the left.


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