Front cover of Avant et après

by-nc

Maker

(author)
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

Object 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

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

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".

Provenance

See MS.2020.XX.1.

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