Winged Genius Relief, Mourgab, Persia - Engraving by Gaucherel - 19th C.
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Original copper engraving with the celebrated relief of the winged genius of Mourgab, at Pasargadae (Persia): the figure in profile, with four wings and Egyptianizing headdress, beneath the trilingual cuneiform inscription long read as the signature of Cyrus the Great. Bilingual caption in French and Spanish.
Original copper engraving with the celebrated relief of the winged genius of Mourgab, at Pasargadae (Persia): the figure in profile, with four wings and Egyptianizing headdress, beneath the trilingual cuneiform inscription long read as the signature of Cyrus the Great. Bilingual caption in French and Spanish.
Drawn by Vernier, under the direction of Lemaitre and engraved by E. Gaucherel, from the Persia series of the Panorama Universal, the Spanish edition of Firmin Didot's Univers pittoresque. It carries the number 1.
Medium: Copper engraving
Artist / after: Vernier
Engraver / lithographer: E. Gaucherel, under the direction of Lemaitre
Source: Panorama Universal - Persia (Univers pittoresque)
Date: 19th century
Dimensions: 4.9 x 8.3 in (12.5 x 21 cm)
Condition: Good condition; toned paper with small foxing spots in the margins. Glued to a paper support.
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Original copper engraving with the celebrated relief of the winged genius of Mourgab, at Pasargadae (Persia): the figure in profile, with four wings and Egyptianizing headdress, beneath the trilingual cuneiform inscription long read as the signature of Cyrus the Great. Bilingual caption in French and Spanish.