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Archelaus Niger
Album of Drawings for Aventures du Vte. de la Linotière, Lion Féroce
1840?
Binding: 10 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches (260 x 343 mm)
Pen and ink, ink wash, black chalk, and graphite, on paper.
1986.1781
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Album comprised of 31 individual drawings, measuring 9 5/8 x 7 15/16 inches (244 x 202 mm), or smaller, and mounted onto bound album leaves 9 7/8 x 13 inches (251 x 330 mm).
Sheet containing 1 page of printed introductory text from the published set of plates tipped into the volume before the drawings.
Sheet containing 1 page of printed introductory text from the published set of plates tipped into the volume before the drawings.
Inscriptions/Markings
Manuscript captions, in French, supplied in brown ink below the mounted drawings.
Summary
Album containing 31 original drawings for a published album of lithographic caricatures issued under the title Les Aventures du Vte. de La Linotiere : Lion Féroce / par Archélaüs Niger (Paris : Alph. Ciroux & Cie, 1840?; the plates printed by lithographic printer Thierry frères, Paris), illustrating the misadventures of the provincial Vicomte de Clodomir de la Linotière of Toulon following his arrival in Paris.
Associated names
Niger, Archelaus. Aventures du Vte. de La Linotiere.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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