Accession number
PML 140650, p. 53 (facing)
Creator
Avril, Paul, 1843-1904.
Published
1883?
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Original drawing for an illustrated border for the first part of Octave Uzanne's anecdotal chronicle of feminine accessories entitled L'ombrelle : Le gant - Le Manchon (Paris : A. Quantin, 1883), p. 52.
Drawing is one of 16 bound into a copy of Octave Uzanne's L'ombrelle : Le gant - Le Manchon, facing p. 53 (see PML 140650).
Drawing is one of 16 bound into a copy of Octave Uzanne's L'ombrelle : Le gant - Le Manchon, facing p. 53 (see PML 140650).
Description
1 drawing.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Drawing shows a group of soldiers around a map spread out on a table in a rainy outdoor setting at night, attending to the directions given by their general; one of the men holds an umbrella over the table and another stands by with a lantern; a soldier on horseback holding a bugle is in the foreground at right.
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