Private fans collection of Evgeniya Doremidova
Saint-Petersburg

Paper fan leaf “The Cicada and the Ant” Duvelleroy 1867

An extract of La Fontaine`s fable “The Cicada and the Ant” is printed on the leaf. The French poet Seminel composed a free continuation of the fable. On the bottom left there  ia an inscription: Duvelleroy 1867, on the right: Lith. Dassy. 7, r. Portefoin.