Accession number
PML 5639.29
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: Thucydide est l'Auteur qui me fait reverer ... Ne pourroient, sans Clio, raconter une histoire.
Item no. 29 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: Thucydide est l'Auteur qui me fait reverer ... Ne pourroient, sans Clio, raconter une histoire.
Item no. 29 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: 234 x 173 mm; plate mark: 279 x 197 mm; sheet: 317 x 223 mm
Summary
Print shows Clio as a woman in 17th century dress, standing with a trumpet in her right hand and an open book in her left.
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