print;
book of prints
- Museum number
- 1983,U.2404.1-40
- Title
- Object: Portraits-Vignettes pour l'Histoire des Girondins
- Description
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"Portraits-Vignettes pour l'Histoire des Girondins par M. A. de Lamartine" (Paris, Furne et Cie.) 1847; containting 39 portraits after Raffet of key figures in the history of the Girondins, and a female personification of "Philosophie", each shown three-quarter- or bust-length in an octagonal frame. Bound with letterpress list of sitters and original title-wrapper printed with wood-engraved vignette showing figures in a cart being taken to the guillotine.
Etching and engraving, with some stipple
- Production date
- 1847
- Dimensions
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Height: 246 millimetres (approx. sheet size of each page)
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Width: 169 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- One of the prints is a female personification of "Philosophie" wearing a liberty cap and holding a spear in her right hand.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: French Revolution 1789-1799
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Histoire des Girondins
- Acquisition date
- 1753-1983
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1983,U.2404.1-40
