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Pictures and captions from “Le Musée Artistique et Littéraire: Revue Hebdomadaire Ilustrée” edited by J. Rouam, Paris, 1881. here are illustrations from Tome VI (volume 6); I also have Volume 4.
Title: Musée Artistique et Littéraire, Le
Published by: Libraire De L'Art
City: London & Paris
Date: 1881
Total items: 8
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
Drawing of the moon with a bearded face
This engraving of the moon with a man’s bearded face in it appeared as a small detail on a decorated initial letter attributed to the French painter François Emile Ehrmann (1833 – 1910). [more...] [$]
Tailpiece with grotesque gargoyle figure
This ornate end-of-chapter ornament, or tail-piece, includes a grotesque horned head with a hollow mouth, as for a drain-spout of a gargoyle. [$]
Friebs with cherubs and grotesque fountain
A gargoyle or grotesque head for a stone fountain with winged barefoot and naked boys (putti, or cherubs) being mischievous and getting into fights. Although the grotesque head here looks like a fountain spout, what actually comes out are festoons, not [...] [more...] [$]
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