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Daphnis and Alcimadura (Illustration to The Fables of Jean de la Fontaine, Vol. II, translated by Sir Edward Marsh, Heinemann, London and Random House, New York, 1931) (1930)

Stephen Gooden

engraving

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Daphnis and Alcimadura (Illustration to The Fables of Jean de la Fontaine, Vol. II, translated by Sir Edward Marsh, Heinemann, London and Random House, New York, 1931) (1930)

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Details

Classification:

Book Illustration, Print

Physical Object Description:

Young woman holding bouquet leaving churchyard, group of women attending to another behind to left; first state; proof of engraved illustration, printed in brown ink, to 'The Fables of Jean de la Fontaine', Vol. II, translated by Sir Edward Marsh and published by Heinemann, London and Random House, New York, 1931. 1930. Signed and dated.

Technique:

Engraving

Dimensions:

13.7 x 8.4 cm

Accession Number:

1932,0312.58

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1932

Scheme:

Gift

Ownership history:

Gifted by Sir Edward Marsh (1872-1953) to the Contemporary Art Society, 1925; presented to Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1932

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