Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Univers [Plate 709].
Call Number
E East 47/GC077/Box 24/Normal/19th c./Artists Gau-Gy GA 2012.00554
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc8k71nw469
Publisher
[Paris : [s.n.], n.d. [ca. 1834]
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1834
Extent
1 item ; sheet 27.7 x 18.0 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of J. Bennett Nolan, Friend.
References
Guerin-Meneville, F.-E. (Felix-Edouard). Dictionnaire Pittoresque d'Histoire Naturelle et des Phenomenes de la Nature.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Aquatints
Depiction: Scientific illustration. The Universe as infinite and round; blue with planets in brown etc.; various objects (sun, saturn, comet) are lettered; this main illustration is surrounded by 4 diagrams presumably showing measurements; hook with rope and bucket extended from it beneath universe.
Signed in plate, lower center: "E. Guerin dir.".

Discovery Information

Subject
Astronomy in art
Scientific illustration—France—19th century—Specimens
Illustration of books—France—19th century—Specimens French literature—19th century—Illustrations
Universe in art
Leaves (gathered matter).

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

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

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/2bffee4b-8a86-43e8-b8d0-ca81a8d8d908/manifest