Album of Drawings for "Costumes et Annales des grandes Théâtres de Paris"
c. 1786/1789
Artist, French, active c. 1781 - active 1823
Artwork overview
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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
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Credit Line
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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.) -
Accession
1942.9.1115-1163
Associated Artworks
See all 49 artworksMr. Fleuri dans l'Ecole des Pere, Role de St. Fonds
Brion de la Tour
1786
Costume de M. Dugazon dans le Menteur
Brion de la Tour
1786
Drawing of a Lady
Brion de la Tour
1786
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Joseph Widener
Associated Names
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.
Inscriptions
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