print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1900,1231.1871
- Description
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A seraglio, with at centre a young woman sitting on the floor, crying before a semi-naked concubine sitting on a sofa; a broken guitar lies at her feet; proof of the second version of an illustration to 'Un mariage à Constantinople', in Montifaud's 'Nouvelles drôlatiques' (Brussels, 1880-81), volume 2. c.1880/81
Etching and drypoint
- Production date
- 1880-1881 (c)
- Dimensions
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Height: 124 millimetres
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Width: 82 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- According to the inscription this is a second state; hatching has been added all over the plate but the printer's name is still missing. further hatching will be added in the next state.
For earlier state see 1900,1231.1870.
For later states see 1900,1231.1872 & 1873
For first version of the plate see 1900,1231.1866 to 1869.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Nouvelles drôlatiques
- Acquisition date
- 1900
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1900,1231.1871