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Magicienne [print].

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).
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.
Classification
Department