Paris, hand-colored lithograph depicting a harbor scene with abbey, fountain, viaduct and watchtower on a hill, with two-train clock movement (No. 108) striking hours and halves on gong, 2 1/4-inch (5.5 cm) enameled Roman dial, key-wind four-air cylinder movement (No. 617) with 68 teeth in comb (complete), tune-sheet listing two dance airs and two operatic airs by Verdi and Meyerbeer, operating instructions and going-barrel automaton movement, in giltwood and gesso frame, 27 x 36 in. (69 x 92 cm) unframed, 32 x 41 in. (82 x 104 cm) framed, good original working condition, edges of picture taped. The movement activates: nodding friar reading in a tower room, musician nodding his head as he strums a lute, twisting glass rod in the fountain, lady mending net by the harbor wall, a rocking ship in the foreground and two more on the horizon, a locomotive passing over the viaduct and the flag on the watchtower fluttering in the wind. – A beautiful exhibition piece in good working order. – Reference: Auction Team Breker, 25 May 2013, Lot 430 for a similar piece.