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Daniel Vierge
1851-1904
The entrance of the cellar which was Cervantes's prison in the court-yard of the Casa Medrano = Entrée de la cave ayant servi de prison a Cervantes ...
1896?
Pen and ink and graphite on paper, mounted on card.
9 x 6 7/8 inches (233 x 175 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
2003.7:2
Notes: 

Drawing by Vierge to illustrate p. 34 of A.F. Jaccaci's On the trail of Don Quixote; later republished in the French edition where it appears on p. 41 of Jaccaci's text, published by Hachette et cie in Paris in 1901 under the title: Au pays de Don Quichotte.

Inscription: 

Signed "Vierge" in ink at lower left; "p. 41" on pencil on verso..

Provenance: 
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Associated names: 

Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.

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Vierge, Daniel
School: 
French
Century: 
20th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints