Voyage pittoresque de Genève à Milan par le Simplon

1811

Gabriel Ludwig Lory, Mathias Gabriel Lory

Associated Names
Gabriel Ludwig Lory

Artist, Swiss, 1763 - 1840

Mathias Gabriel Lory

Artist, French, 1784 - 1846

This is a photograph of a title page from a historical book. The page features the title "VOYAGE PITTORESQUE DE GENEVE A MILAN PAR LE SIMPLON." The text is printed in a classic serif font. There is an emblematic logo or monogram design beneath the main title text. The text "A PARIS" followed by "DE L’IMPRIMERIE DE P. DIDOT L’AINE" and "M. DCCCXI" indicates that the book was printed in Paris by P. Didot L'Ainé in the year 1811. The page shows some age-related spots or foxing. The overall aesthetic conveys a sense of historical documentation and elegance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume with 35 hand-colored aquatints

  • Credit Line

    Anonymous Gift

  • Dimensions

    book: 46.5 × 35.9 × 4 cm (18 5/16 × 14 1/8 × 1 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.139.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lord Northwick (bookplate); anonymous gift to NGA, 2014.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by later hand on last endpaper in graphite, upper right: 157867; upper left: (not deciphered) 35 blass / Examplar auf / (not deciphered) Papier. / 45 Bl. Text


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