Accession number
PML 5639.28
Published
A Paris : Chez N. Bonnart, rüe St. Jacques, à l'aigle [169-].
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One of a series of 9 engravings illustrating the 9 muses (see PML 5639.24-32)
Four lines of verse in two columns below caption title: Je porte trois Auteurs, aus quels jeus le bonheur ... Qui pourront imiter leurs discours politiques.
Item no. 28 of v. 2 of a set of 2 bound albums containing a total 170 collected engravings (see PML 5638-39).
Print mounted on bound leaf measuring 524 x 352 mm
One of a series of 9 engravings illustrating the 9 muses (see PML 5639.24-32)
Four lines of verse in two columns below caption title: Je porte trois Auteurs, aus quels jeus le bonheur ... Qui pourront imiter leurs discours politiques.
Item no. 28 of v. 2 of a set of 2 bound albums containing a total 170 collected engravings (see PML 5638-39).
Print mounted on bound leaf measuring 524 x 352 mm
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 226 x 171 mm; plate mark: 275 x 192 mm; sheet: 290 x 219 mm
Summary
Print shows Calliope as a woman in 17th century dress, sitting with her left arm resting on a cushion supported by a carved pedestal, and her right hand holding an open book.
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