Scènes de la vie Privée et Publique des Animaux [Volume 2], 1842

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Medium

1 of 2 bound volumes. Volume I: 91 wood engravings in text, 1 facing title and 1 at end of text. Volume II: 114 wood engravings in text, 1 facing title. Both volumes contain numerous headpieces, tailpieces, and other ornamental vignettes.

Credit Line

Professor William B. O'Neal Fund

Accession Number

2006.145.2

Artists / Makers

Jean-Ignace-Isidore Grandville (artist) French, 1803 - 1847

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Provenance

Phoebe Dunbar (bookplate inside front cover); (Maggs Bros. Ltd., 2006); Purchased 2006 by NGA.

Associated Names

Maggs Brothers

Exhibition History

2008: Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 136 b.

Bibliography

1986: Ray, Gordon. The Art of the French Illustrated Book, 1700 to 1914. 2 vols. New York, 1986: 2: no. 194.

2006: Maggs Bros. Ltd. "Continental Books, catalogue 1396." London, 2006: no. 37.