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Artist
- Name:
- Avril, Paul
- Dates:
- 1849-1928
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Ornaments & patterns
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- Robarts Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Le miroir du monde
- Author(s):
- Uzanne, Octave
- Publisher:
- Paris: Maison Quantin, 1888
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
A woman is seen reclining on a couch above a landscape with a sphinx, a casket, and an urn.
The title reads in the original French: La rêverie.
Various techniques were used in this book to reproduce the original illustrations by Paul Avril, including heliogravure and chromotypographic processes.
Keywords: 1880s, 19th century, female, mythology, nudity
