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Object Type
print
Museum number
1865,0114.132
Title
Object:
Projet d'encadrement pour le portrait d'Armand Guéraud
Description
Design for a frame for the portrait of Armand Guéraud, conceived as an allegory of the history of printing, consisting of books, including one titled "CODE/LOIS" resting on a lynx, and frieze at base with Japanese characters, hieroglyphs and numbers, and two medallions. 1862 Etching and drypoint with light surface tone, printed on oriental paper
Producer name
Print made by:
Charles Meryon
School/style
French
Production date
1862
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
drypoint
Dimensions
Height:
187 millimetres
Width:
147 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
See curator's comment for 1876,0510.334.
Bibliographic references
Delteil+Wright / Catalogue raisonné of the etchings of Charles Meryon
(95.I)
Schneiderman 1990 / The Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints of Charles Meryon
(83.I)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
allegory/personification
communications
(?)
printmaking/printing
(?)
Associated names
Associated with:
Armand Guéraud
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Philippe Burty
Acquisition date
1865
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1865,0114.132