L’Empire des Legumes

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After Amedee Varin's L’Empire des Legumes, Paris, c. 1850, the Vegetable Empire is a fantastical world of “vegetable people” who characterize the loveable and less loveable traits of mankind. Full of social satire, these prints are as amusing as they are beautiful.

Les Papillons

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After Amedee Varin's Les Papillons Metamorphoses Terrestres Des Peuples De L'Air, Paris, c. 1852. Amedee Varin (1818-1883) was a draughtsman and painter, and member of the French School Beaux-Arts. He belonged to a true dynasty of artists and created L'Empire des Legumes as well as Les Papillons - Metamorphoses Terrestres Des Peuples De L'Air. Les Papillons are a series of Victorian engravings illustrating a society of 19th century human figures richly costumed in the wings of a given species of butterfly. Varin later took part in the preparation of the engravings of Les Fleurs Animees; the animated Flowers of Grandville.

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