print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1896,0522.39
- Title
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Object: St Etienne du Mont
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Object: Départ pour Madagascar
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Object: Devant St Etienne du Mont
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Object: Montmartre
- Description
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Illustrations to Montorgueil's 'Paris au hasard' (Paris: Beraldi, 1895), in-octavo, printed on the same sheet:
Recto: three wood-engravings; the first (for page 301 of the book) shows beggars waiting for the opening of the mount of piety at Montagne-Sainte-Geneviève in Paris (H. 65mm, W. 51mm); the second (for page 304 of the book) shows pilgrims and priests inside the Sacré-Coeur in Paris (H. 55mm W. 85mm); the third (for page 297 of the book) shows an enthusiastic crowd acclaiming soldiers marching before their departure for Madagascar, with the columns of the Church of La Madeleine on the left (H. 90mm W. 80mm)
Verso: two wood-engravings; the first (for page 303 of the book) shows figures strolling in a narrow street in Montmartre (H. 100mm W. 12mm); the second (for page 299 of the book) shows a market dealing with religious objects set before the church of Saint-Etienne-du-Mont in Paris (H. 62mm W. 75mm)
Wood-engraving printed on thin paper
- Production date
- 1895
- Dimensions
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Height: 465 millimetres (sheet)
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Width: 300 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 1896,0522.1 for comment.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Second Madagascar expedition 1894-1895
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Paris au hasard
- Acquisition date
- 1896
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1896,0522.39