VOSGES - Jules MELINE (Remiremont 1838-1925, politician) / S - Lot 440

VOSGES - Jules MELINE (Remiremont 1838-1925, politician) / Set of 2 drawings of him: 1°) original humoristic drawing of him executed in pen on paper headed "Chambre des Députés" (1 p in-4), captioned "La Providence de l'Agriculture" (from the time when Jules Méline was Minister of Agriculture, a period he marked with the "Méline tariff", a protectionist law in favor of French agriculture and the creation of the Order of Agricultural Merit, Méline noted "de Pelletan", so we can assume that this drawing is by Camille Pelletan, his colleague in the Chamber / 2°) Original pen and ink wash drawing (27.5 x 35 cm, some missing margins) for the January 1885 banquet menu of the "Association Vosgienne de Paris", Jules Méline can be recognized, embracing a colleague; this drawing, which is a draft, is unsigned, but is probably by a Vosgian artist.