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Artist
- Name:
- Unknown
Illustration
- Subject:
- Ornaments & patterns
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
Periodical
- Title:
- L'Illustration (Issue 763)
- Author(s):
- Collective work
- Publisher:
- Paris: Dubochet et Cie, 1857
Description
Banner image used by the magazine L’Illustration for a cultural supplement to issue 763.
Famous world monuments are featured in the background while the foreground shows attributes of liberal arts on each side of a globe, as a way to express the universality of which L’Illustration prided itself.
Keywords: 1850s, 19th century, black & white, periodical


