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This is a photograph of a book cover. The cover is designed with intricate gold embellishments on a dark brown leather background. It features a central oval design with a regal emblem of fleurs-de-lis and a crown. Surrounding the central motif are symmetrical patterns with scrollwork and floral elements in gold. The corners and borders are adorned with circular and linear motifs. The use of gold contrasts against the dark material, highlighting the detailed craftsmanship.
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This is a photograph of a book cover. The cover is designed with intricate gold embellishments on a dark brown leather background. It features a central oval design with a regal emblem of fleurs-de-lis and a crown. Surrounding the central motif are symmetrical patterns with scrollwork and floral elements in gold. The corners and borders are adorned with circular and linear motifs. The use of gold contrasts against the dark material, highlighting the detailed craftsmanship.

National Gallery of Art · Volume

Album of Portraits of Queen Marie-Antoinette

Various Artists

Date
volume assembled between 1815 and 1942
Medium
bound volume with 32 late 18th- and early 19th-century prints, six printed on silk, and 2 drawings hinged on wove paper in a repurposed binding, plus a manuscript account of the contents by Edward Clayton
Dimensions
book (closed): 50.5 × 36 × 2.5 cm (19 7/8 × 14 3/16 × 1 in.)
Classification
Volume · Drawing/Print
Accession number
1942.9.1665-1698
Credit line
Widener Collection
Time span
1801 to 1825
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • French
Inscription

in gold-tooled letters on spine of brown leather binding: LES / PIGEONS / PAR / MADAME / KNIP / TEXTE / PARIS / MDCCC XI / SIMIER / RELIEUR / DU ROI; in gold-tooled letters at bottom of front cover: SIMIER.R.DU ROI; inside front endpaper at upper left in graphite: F520 tee; inside back endpaper, at lower right in graphite 497 [written upsidedown]

Marks

Joseph Widener bookplate inside front endpaper

Watermarks

none [on wove paper mounts]

NGA object ID 2564. 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.