print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1865,1209.720
Title: Object: Marie Antoinette
Description: Portrait of Marie Antoinette, after a print by Wartell; bust-length, in profile to the left, hair piled up and topped with feathers and frills, and wearing low-necked gown with fur-lined cloak over her right shoulder; presumably an illustration to Castille's "L'Histoire de Soixante ans" (Paris: Poulet-Malassis, 1859) Etching, printed on thin paper, with surface tone
Producer name: Print made by: Léopold Flameng; After: I F Wartell; Printed by: Auguste Delâtre; Published by: Auguste Poulet-Malassis (as Poulet-Malassis et de Broise)
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Production date: 1859
Production place: Printed in: Paris (France)
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Dimensions: Height: 195 millimetres; Width: 128 millimetres
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Curator's comments: Recorded on Bibliographie de la France, 23 July 1859, no. 1749.
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Location: Not on display
Associated names: Portrait of: Marie Antoinette, Queen of France and Navarre; Illustration to: Charles Hippolyte Castille
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Acquisition date: 1865
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1865,1209.720

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