Daniel Vierge
1851-1904
The Castle of Pedro the Cruel, at Monteil (Le chateau de Pierre le Cruel, a Montiel)
1896?
6 3/8 x 10 1/16 inches (163 x 255 mm)
Pen and ink and graphite on paper.
2003.7:5
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
French and English titles from the illustration titles published in the New York and Paris editions of of Jaccaci's work.
Drawing by Vierge to illustrate p. 96 of A.F. Jaccaci's On the trail of Don Quixote; later republished in the French edition: Au pays de Don Quichotte. Paris : Hachette et cie, 1901, where it appears on p. 100 of Jaccaci's text.
Drawing by Vierge to illustrate p. 96 of A.F. Jaccaci's On the trail of Don Quixote; later republished in the French edition: Au pays de Don Quichotte. Paris : Hachette et cie, 1901, where it appears on p. 100 of Jaccaci's text.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed "Vierge" in ink at lower left; "3 1/8" in pencil at foot of drawing; further specifications for the printer or photo engraver in pencil on verso.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Bibliography
Reproduced in: The art of the French illustrated book, 1700 to 1914 / Gordon N. Ray. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1982, p. 392-393.
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