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Portraits of 14 richly adorned queens or empresses, and studies of jewelry and bracelets, circa 1925.
The artist represented Egypt, Rome, Greece, Byzantium, the Middle Ages, and the 19th century.
Brown and sepia ink wash, pencil, signed lower right HEROUARD.
Chéri Herouard (1881-1961), real name Chéri-Louis-Marie-Aimé HAUME, French illustrator of the 19th and 20th centuries. After illustrating children's books, he worked for many years for the newspaper "La vie Parisienne", or other magazines such as "le smile", "Fantasia", or "La baïonette".
Under the pseudonym Heric, he produced a set of erotic drawings.
Ours is similar to “medieval hairstyles and costumes”, dated 1923
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