Description
- Abstract:
- A writer (presumably meant to represent Uzanne himself) pauses at his work to ponder what he will write next. While he considers, phantasmic women - nude except for their accessories - float through his window and into his thoughts, carried by the wind and two or three small cherubs.
- Notes:
- Three-color wood engraving, printed in France on handmade paper.
Access Conditions
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Restrictions on Use
- Collection is open for research.
Citation
Lynch, Albert,
"Small talk in the van:
headpiece
"
(1887).
Paris: Capital of the 19th Century.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:86678/
Relations
Collection:
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Paris: Capital of the 19th Century
...The project, "Paris, Capital of the 19th century," initiated by the French Studies and Comparative Literature Departments of Brown University, provides a window into the cultural, political and social context of 19th century Parisian culture.
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