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Series of drawings showing men marching in the country, women lifting weights, a bicycle, etc. — Sports.

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

Sports are represented in a series of drawings showing a group of men in military attire marching in the country, women in a gymnasium sitting on a swing or lifting weights, a horse’s head, and a bicycle.
The title reads in the original French: Les sports.

Various techniques were used in this book to reproduce the original illustrations by Paul Avril, including heliogravure and chromotypographic processes.

Keywords: 1880s, 19th century, black & white, sport