Album of Drawings for "Costumes et Annales des grandes Théâtres de Paris", c. 1786/1789

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Medium

bound volume with 44 drawings in pen and ink, gray wash, and watercolor, plus 5 additional drawings in graphite, all on laid paper drum-mounted on wove paper

Dimensions

book: 36.5 × 28.5 × 2 cm (14 3/8 × 11 1/4 × 13/16 in.)
page size: 36 × 27.2 cm (14 3/16 × 10 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.1115-1163

Artists / Makers

Brion de la Tour (artist) French, active c. 1781 - active 1823

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Inscription

gold-tooled lettering in spine of red-leather binding: BRION / COSTUMES / DE LA / COMEDIE / FRANCAISE; inscribed on blank page at front of volume: a Monsieu Jules Charetie / avec l'expression de toute / ma sympathie / M. Brohen. / 1887

Provenance

Joseph Widener

Associated Names

Widener, Joseph E.

Bibliography

1912: Cohen, Henri. Guide de l'amateur de livres a gravures de XVIIIe siecle. 6th edition revised and enlarged by Seymour de Ricci. Paris, 1912: 226-227.