Front cover of Avant et après
Maker
(author)
1848-1903
1848-1903
Title
Front cover of Avant et après
Date of Production
1903
Medium
pen and black ink on hardboard cover
Dimensions
Height: 29.6 cm
Width: 20.7 cm
Width: 20.7 cm
Accession Number
MS.2020.XX.1.front cover
Mode of Acquisition
HM Government (Acceptance in Lieu), allocation, 2020
Credit
Accepted in lieu of Inheritance Tax by HM Government and allocated to the Samuel Courtauld Trust, 2020
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
See MS.2020.XX.1.
Inscriptions
Inscription: Illustrated and inscribed by the artist in pen and black ink: upper centre, titled: "AVANT et après"; centre, surrounded by decorative elements, signed with large intials "PG" and in an adjacent cartouche "auguin"; below that: "aux Marquises"; lower centre again in a cartouche, dated: "1903" and flanked on the left by "Pour Pleurer / Pour Suffrir / Pour Mourir / In Secula" and on the right by "Pour Rire / Pour Vivre / Pour Jouir / Seculorum".
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