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This is a photograph of a page from a book. The page displays the title "ARABESQUES MYTHOLOGIQUES" in capital letters. The background is a creamy off-white color. There are no illustrations or additional text present. The edges of the page are slightly worn. Stains or marks are visible, particularly towards the bottom left and right corners.
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This is a photograph of a page from a book. The page displays the title "ARABESQUES MYTHOLOGIQUES" in capital letters. The background is a creamy off-white color. There are no illustrations or additional text present. The edges of the page are slightly worn. Stains or marks are visible, particularly towards the bottom left and right corners.

National Gallery of Art · Volume

Arabesques Mythologiques

Comtesse Stéphanie Félicité de Genlis (designer), Antoine Joseph Gaitte (engraver)

Date
1810
Medium
bound volume with 54 color printed and hand colored stipple illustrations
Dimensions
book: 22.2 × 14 × 3 cm (8 3/4 × 5 1/2 × 1 3/16 in.)
Classification
Volume · Print
Accession number
2013.113.1
Credit line
Purchased as the Gift of Hermen and Monica Greenberg Foundation in honor of Monica Lind Greenberg
Time span
1801 to 1825
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • engraving
  • stipple
Provenance

(Ursus Rare Books Ltd., New York, NY); purchased by the Hermen and Monica Greenberg Foundation as a gift to the NGA, 2013.

Inscription

inside lower cover in graphite upper right: 133471

NGA object ID 163326. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.