print;
book-illustration;
alphabet
- Museum number
- 1982,U.1826
- Description
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Victory and a flame-crowned, winged figure flanking the royal coat of arms of France, in architectural setting with various attributes scattered on the ground; headpiece to a dedication page from Quesnoy's 'Histoire de l'origine et des progrès de la chirurgie en France' (Paris, 1749), with below a letterpress text beginning with a vignette representing the initial letter S set before a depiction of St Louis seated on his throne; after Humblot. c.1749
Etching
- Production date
- 1749 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 75 millimetres (headpiece)
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Height: 47 millimetres (initial letter)
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Width: 135 millimetres
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Width: 43 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The vignette itself is not described in IFF, but another illlustration from the same book is (IFF89).
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Histoire de l'origine et des progrès de la chirurgie en France
- Acquisition date
- 1753-1982
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1982,U.1826