Accession number
PML 5639.41
Published
A Paris : Chez N. Bonnart, rüe St. Jacques, à l'aigle, [169-].
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Four lines of verse in two columns below caption title: Sans moy entendroit-on le son des instrumens? ... S'ils ne respiroient plus, ils cesseroient de vivre.
Item no. 41 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
Four lines of verse in two columns below caption title: Sans moy entendroit-on le son des instrumens? ... S'ils ne respiroient plus, ils cesseroient de vivre.
Item no. 41 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: 230 x 175 mm; plate mark: 273 x 185 mm; sheet: 311 x 216 mm
Summary
Print shows a woman in fashionable 17th century dress representing the element Air and playing an organ at left; behind her, a little boy sits on a stool playing a flute, and in the background are birds and butterflies.
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