book of prints;
print
- Museum number
- 1861,1012.2060-2139
- Description
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'Oeuvres choisies de Gavarni, revues, corrigéses et nouvellement classées par l'Auteur. Études de moeurs contemporaines' (Paris: Hetzel) 1847, volume III of IV; containing 3 series of prints after Gavarni by various printmakers: 23 plates for 'Le carnaval à Paris' (1847), 10 plates for 'Paris le matin' (1847), and 47 plates for 'Les étudiants de Paris' (1846); each series preceded by a preface and illustrated title-page by different artists. Including title-page and list of illustrations at the end. Bound in the BM bindery in green leather with raised bands and gold tooled lettering on spine, marbled endpapers and gilded edges.
Wood-engraving
- Production date
- 1847
- Dimensions
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Height: 266 millimetres (approx. sheet size of each page)
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Width: 180 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 1861,1012.1899-1979 for volume I, 1861,1012.1980-2059 for volume II and 1861,1012.2140-2219 for volume IV.
Each text written by a different author, preface to 'Le carnaval a Paris' by Barthet, preface to 'Paris le matin' by A de Soubiran (Aurélie de Soubiran, Princess Ghika?), and preface of 'Les etudiants de Paris' by Gautier.
Cataloguing supported by the Elizabeth Cayzer Charitable Trust
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Oeuvres choisies de Gavarni
- Acquisition date
- 1861
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1861,1012.2060-2139
