Paris-Almanach—Back Cover

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Design for the back cover of "Paris-almanach 1897."

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Artist

Name:
Lepère, Auguste
Dates:
1849-1918
Country:
France

Illustration

Subject:
Ornaments & Patterns
Technique:
Wood Engraving
Engraver:
Lepère, Auguste
Format:
Portrait (taller)
Source:
The Cleveland Museum of Art

Book

Title:
Paris-almanach 1897
Author:
Morice, Charles
Publisher:
Paris: Ed. Sagot, 1897

Description:

Design for the back cover of the 1897 Paris-almanach showing a young woman sitting on an Egyptian sphinx similar to the Great Sphinx of Tanis and brandishing a tripartite scroll bearing the book title. The windmill depicted in the background is likely to be the Moulin de la Galette.

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