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Miscellaneous book illustrations

Title
Miscellaneous book illustrations [graphic] / P. Le Rat.
Author
Lerat, Paul Edme, 1849-1892.
Publication
1876-1892.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Adan, Louis Emile, 1839-1937.
  • Aranda, José Jimenes, 1837-1903.
  • Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904.
  • Beaumont, Edouard de, 1821-1888.
  • S.P. Avery Collection.
Description
14 prints : etching; 12.7 x 8.6 cm. or smaller.
Summary
Etched book illustrations after designs by Louis Emile Adan, José Jimenes Aranda and Edouard de Beaumont. One print depicts Pedro de Ojeda and Don Juan from Mérimée's Souls in Purgatory. Other subjects include an angel bearing a soul to heaven, flagellation, harvesters resting, a monk, a nude, a personification of Night & a traveler looking at the ruins of the Erechtheum in Athens, Greece. Some prints include remarques.
Subject
  • Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870
  • Juan, Don (Legendary character)
  • Erechtheum (Athens, Greece)
  • Angels in art
  • Death in art
  • Flagellation
  • Harvesting
  • Monks in art
  • Night in art
  • Nudes
  • Ruins in art
  • Temples > Greece
  • Women > France
  • Athens (Greece)
  • Greece > Antiquities
Genre/Form
  • Allegories.
  • Book illustrations – French – 19th century.
  • Etchings – French – 19th century.
  • Remarques.
  • Reproductive prints – French – 19th century.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Cite As (note)
  • S.P. Avery Collection.
Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
  • Holdings checked in departmental copy of Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, v. 9.
Provenance (note)
  • Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.
Contents
  • B72.1 [Traveler looking at the Erechtheum] -- B72.2 [Cupid with a bellows] -- B72.3 [Winged woman strewing flowers] -- B72.4 [Flight of Night in her chariot] -- B72.5 [Harvesters resting] -- B72.6 [Soul borne aloft by an angel] -- B72.7 [Lovers walking on a road through the woods] -- B72.8 [Man reading to a sleeping girl]
  • B72.9 [Woman on a sofa, praying or weeping] -- B72.10 [Woman in black holding a book] -- B73. [Pedro de Ojeda and Don Juan] (1st state) -- B73. [Pedro de Ojeda and Don Juan] (2nd state) -- B74. [Man with a whip, nude woman on a bed] (1st state) -- B74. [Man with a whip, nude woman on a bed]
Call Number
MEZAC
OCLC
NYPG97-F491
Author
Lerat, Paul Edme, 1849-1892.
Title
Miscellaneous book illustrations [graphic] / P. Le Rat.
Imprint
1876-1892.
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Print Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Cite As:
S.P. Avery Collection.
Linking Entry
Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.
Indexes
Holdings checked in departmental copy of Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, v. 9.
Provenance
Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900.
Added Author
Adan, Louis Emile, 1839-1937.
Aranda, José Jimenes, 1837-1903.
Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Collector
Beaumont, Edouard de, 1821-1888.
S.P. Avery Collection.
Research Call Number
MEZAC
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