It's a landscape. Is this the correct orientation? Debora [ATTACH]
May I ask where you found these? Debora
Clever you! That almost looks like a commercial service. Debora
Did you forget to post your photographs, Manelle? Debora
What do you think it reads on the front? (I see "Pele.") Debora
May we see one of the covers with Pio? Debora
Did it again! Forgot to post the link to the original. https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/artworks/un-marchand-desclaves-75111 Debora [ATTACH]
I can see why you'd associate the Taber with the WPA and Social Realism but that dreamy, pastel landscape shouts late 1950s to me. Debora
Can't read the signature but it's in an older hand. Debora
The Taber is 1950s/1960s based on the clothing of the female figure. Debora
The Lautrec appears to be a loose copy of this poster. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/67181/jane-avril Debora [ATTACH]
"Pinxit" followed by the initials of the engraver (which I can't read) and the abbreviation "SC." Debora
Of course you can list it on eBay as a copy. You just have to disclose it as such. The accepted title in English does appear to be 'The Slave...
Would likely have been based on Spencerian as Palmer wasn't introduced until 1895. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencerian_script Debora
What do you mean by "style of handwriting?" Debora
Bit of a Picasso influence with the Mother & Child. The other is a copy of something. Yeah. 'A Slave Merchant' by Victor Giraud. Debora
He's a school master. The Tate link has description. Debora
From the internet: "The abbreviation SC. is used alongside the name of the engraver of an artwork that was originally created by another artist."...
So the plate would be very early Victorian if roughly contemporary with image. Debora
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/mulready-the-last-in-n00393 Debora [ATTACH]
Separate names with a comma.
