Scènes de la vie Privée et Publique des Animaux [Volume 2]
1842
Artist, French, 1803 - 1847
Artwork overview
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Medium
1 of 2 bound volumes. Volume I: 91 wood engravings in text, 1 facing title and 1 at end of text. Volume II: 114 wood engravings in text, 1 facing title. Both volumes contain numerous headpieces, tailpieces, and other ornamental vignettes.
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Credit Line
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Accession
2006.145.2
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Phoebe Dunbar (bookplate inside front cover); (Maggs Bros. Ltd., 2006); Purchased 2006 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2008
Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 136 b.
Bibliography
1986
Ray, Gordon. The Art of the French Illustrated Book, 1700 to 1914. 2 vols. New York, 1986: 2: no. 194.
2006
Maggs Bros. Ltd. "Continental Books, catalogue 1396." London, 2006: no. 37.