Accession number
PML 141262.16
Creator
Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866.
Published
[Paris : s.n., 18--]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from Armelhault & Bocher: (?) Magicienne.
The second state is lettered "Lith. de Thierry frères" at lower left and "Gavarni" at lower right. Cf. Armelhault & Bocher.
Library's copy is before all letters; the first of two states.
Comprises plate 16 of a bound volume of published suites and individual plates by Gavarni (PML 141262).
The second state is lettered "Lith. de Thierry frères" at lower left and "Gavarni" at lower right. Cf. Armelhault & Bocher.
Library's copy is before all letters; the first of two states.
Comprises plate 16 of a bound volume of published suites and individual plates by Gavarni (PML 141262).
Description
1 print : lithograph ; image: 176 x 116 mm; sheet: 356 x 261 mm
Provenance
Bookplate of Frederic Robert Halsey; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a young sorceress standing out of doors within a magic circle of occult symbols and leaning against a large stone slab engraved with cabalistic figures; she is looking 3/4 to the right, her hair is loose and disheveled, and she holds a long-stemmed pipe; on the ground at left is a large glass bottle and a deep and narrow cauldron sits in a tripod over a fire.
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