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Print

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1868-1899

GUSN

GUSN-12284

Description

Photographic reproduction of a print titled "Automne" [Autumn] with two angels suspended in the air. One is a young woman, and the other is a nude cherub - they are snuffing out the flowers and foliage and leaving bare branches. Under glass with an off-white mat in a wood frame painted red on a beveled edge and with incised geometric designs.

Details

Descriptive Terms

prints (visual works)
beveling
glass (material)
incising
paper (fiber product)
photographs
wood (plant material)
floral patterns
geometric patterns
Unidentified Paper
Glass
photographic print
Beveled
Incised
Angel
Floral
Geometric
PICTURE

Inscription

Titled: Automne . The text on the front reads: J.L. HARMON/print par J.L. Hamon/687/ photographie par Goupil & Cie/Gallerie Photographique/Publie par Goupil & Cie Editeurs/Paris, Londres,Berlin, Lattaye, New-York .

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Hamon, J. L. (Maker)

Location of Origin

Paris, France; France

Dimensions

17 x 15 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1567

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