Accession number
PML 5639.24
Creator
Bonnart, Nicolas, 1637-1718, engraver, publisher.
Published
A Paris : Chez N. Bonnart, rüe St. Jacques, à l'aigle [169-].
Notes
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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: Il n'est point d'Orateur, qui ne suive mes Loix ... Il fait voir comme moy, quelle est la Rethorique.
Item no. 24 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: Il n'est point d'Orateur, qui ne suive mes Loix ... Il fait voir comme moy, quelle est la Rethorique.
Item no. 24 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: 231 x 175 mm; plate mark: 274 x 193 mm; sheet: 315 x 223 mm
Summary
Print shows Polymnia as a woman in 17th century dress, sitting on a throne, a parchment roll labeled "Persuader" in left hand, and right index finger pointing up.
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