The emigrette and Koblenz, around 1790-1793 - Lot 166

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The emigrette and Koblenz, around 1790-1793 - Lot 166
The emigrette and Koblenz, around 1790-1793 Folded fan, the double sheet of paper engraved and enhanced in colours. Among flowering vases and horticultural symbols, an engraving shows an aristocrat playing his "emigrant" or "emigrant", ancestor of the yoyo, before representatives of the European courts, the King of Prussia and the King of Austria. It has crossed the Rhine and is located at the foot of the fortress of "Coblenz". On the reverse: three verses "New patriotic toy or the fashionable look nicknamed The emigrant" with in particular "Many of them fearing that their head/ Is the price of our conquests/ Their weak heart goes away/ Jump, jump my emigrant". Wooden frame.H.t. 28.5 cm-H.f. 13.5 cm (wear)
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