Accession number
PML 140650, p. 36 (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. 37.
Drawing is one of 16 bound into a copy of Octave Uzanne's L'ombrelle : Le gant - Le Manchon, facing p. 36 (see PML 140650).
Drawing is one of 16 bound into a copy of Octave Uzanne's L'ombrelle : Le gant - Le Manchon, facing p. 36 (see PML 140650).
Description
1 drawing.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Drawing shows a scene in the gardens at Versailles, with a group of men and women in 18th century dress standing beneath three parasols at center, with a sculpture from the Bassin de Neptune (Neptune's Basin), showing Neptune reclining against a monstrous beast with a single horn, in the foreground at right.
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