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Daniel Vierge
1851-1904
The Castle of Pedro the Cruel, at Monteil (Le chateau de Pierre le Cruel, a Montiel)
1896?
Pen and ink and graphite on paper.
6 3/8 x 10 1/16 inches (163 x 255 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
2003.7:5
Notes:
French and English titles from the illustration titles published in the New York and Paris editions of of Jaccaci's work.
Drawing by Vierge to illustrate p. 96 of A.F. Jaccaci's On the trail of Don Quixote; later republished in the French edition: Au pays de Don Quichotte. Paris : Hachette et cie, 1901, where it appears on p. 100 of Jaccaci's text.
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Signed "Vierge" in ink at lower left; "3 1/8" in pencil at foot of drawing; further specifications for the printer or photo engraver in pencil on verso.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Associated names:
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Bibliography:
Reproduced in: The art of the French illustrated book, 1700 to 1914 / Gordon N. Ray. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1982, p. 392-393.
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