Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Collection de tombeaux, sarcophages, pierres tombales, urnes, funéraires, caveaux, obélisques, pyramides, colonnes, exécutées par Schwind marbrier – sculpteur du cimetière de l’ouest / [Auguste Ricard de Montferrand].
Call Number
N-004817
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcpr76fj222
Publisher
[Paris] : [the artist], [approximately 1815?]
Language
French
Date Created
1815
Format
Book
Extent
1 volume : all illustrations ; 21 cm
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Consists of 28 watercolor drawings interleaved with white paper, 7 tracings, 15 blank folios, 1 tracing, and 32 blank folios.
Title in ink and wash; fillet in brown ink framing the drawings; monogram AM in the drawings no. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 134, 16, 19, 20,21, 23, 24, 26; signature “Auguste de Montferrand” on no. 27 and 28; monogrammed “LV” on drawing no. 12. notes and papers (19th and 20th centuries, including bibliographical notes and list of drawings contained in the collection).
Binding Note
Bound in dark green Russian leather, smooth spine, trace of clasps.

Discovery Information

Subject
Watercolor painting, French—19th century
Sepulchral monuments—France—19th century—Pictorial works

Physical Characteristics

File Count
47

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/619b0a1f-c8df-44ae-b718-f929a8a16888/manifest