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Black and white engraving of goddess Aurore in a garden standing on a leaf as she smells a flower.
engravings (prints)
engraving (printing process)
paper (fiber product)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
allegory (artistic device)
gardening
Unidentified Paper
Stipple Engraved
Gardening
Allegorical Figure
PICTURE
""PEINT PAR J.L. HAMON/GRAVE PAR J. LEVASSEUR/ L'Aurore/Imprime & Publie par GOUPIL & Cie. le 1er. 8bre. 1867/Berlin. Verla & von Goupil & Co./PARIS-LONDRES-LA HAYE/New York Published by M. Knoedler.""
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Levasseur, J. (Engraver)
France; New York, NY, USA
24 x 20.25 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.756
New York state (United States)
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