Henri Jean Baptiste Victoire Fradelle, Antique French Oil on Canvas Shakespearian Lovers Historical Interior Scene, Circa 1810 Drawings & Prints The clock whimsically modeled as

The clock whimsically modeled as five horses and a rodeo cowboy in a bronzed spelter case

The barometer housed in a 'rope twist' oak case with a brass bezel

The bronze made by the lost wax (cire perdue) method and having the circular Parisian foundry mark to the vesro and signed "E

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The exterior decorated with a pair of corresponding dragons chasing a flaming pearl

Henri Jean Baptiste Victoire Fradelle, Antique French Oil on Canvas Shakespearian Lovers Historical Interior Scene, Circa 1810 Drawings & Prints The clock whimsically modeled asA fine oil on canvas painting by Henri Jean Baptiste Victoire Fradelle (1778 1865), signed lower right, the painting circa 1810. Fradelle was a painter and portraitist and he specialized in literary and historical subjects. For more than a 100 years, Fradelle was mistakenly assigned his son's name, Henry Joseph Fradelle, the latter trained as an artist but never reached the critical acclaim of his father. This scene depicts a Shakespearian courting