Malta, Antique Figurine and Its Characters - Copper Engraving - c. 1840
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Original copper engraving with an antique figurine found in Malta, seated and holding a cup, and the characters inscribed on it reproduced at large size at the right. The caption is bilingual, in French and Spanish: Figurine antique / Figurilla antigua.
Original copper engraving with an antique figurine found in Malta, seated and holding a cup, and the characters inscribed on it reproduced at large size at the right. The caption is bilingual, in French and Spanish: Figurine antique / Figurilla antigua.
From the Panorama Universal, the Spanish edition of Firmin Didot's L'Univers pittoresque, hence the double caption; the printing was directed by Augustin Francois Lemaitre, one of the most active engravers of that collection.
Medium: Copper engraving.
Engraver: Lemaitre (Augustin Francois Lemaitre, 1797-1870), direxit.
Date: About 1840.
Source: Panorama Universal / L'Univers pittoresque; print No. 38.
Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 in (21.3 x 13.7 cm).
Condition: Good condition, with deckle edges; light foxing in the right margin.
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Original copper engraving with an antique figurine found in Malta, seated and holding a cup, and the characters inscribed on it reproduced at large size at the right. The caption is bilingual, in French and Spanish: Figurine antique / Figurilla antigua.