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Ismail et Mariam
Ismail and Mariam from Count Forbin's Travel in the Levant
Artist: Horace Vernet (1789 - 1863) Primary
Artist: Godefroy Engelmann (1788 - 1839) Printer
Date:
1819
19th century
Dimensions:
12.6 x 8.78 in. (32 x 22.3 cm)
Dimensions Extent:
image
Object Type:
Print
Creation Place:
Europe, France
Medium and Support:
Lithograph on paper
Credit Line:
Gift of James M. Reed, 2017.
Accession Number:
2017.35.898
This work is not currently on view
The Syrian Ismail mourns his Christian lover, Mariam, as she lies buried in a shallow grave in the desert. This tragic story appeared in Comte de Forbin's Voyage dans le Levant (Voyage in the Levant), a travel narrative that was accompanied by seventy-eight lithographs by various artists. For projects that required large numbers of illustrated plates, lithography was an attractive alternative to the more costly and time-consuming techniques of engraving and etching.
Beneath the image, the artist is identified at left and the printer at right.
Beneath the image, the artist is identified at left and the printer at right.
Exhibitions
Fairfield University Art Museum, Fairfield, Connecticut, The Artist Collects: Highlights from the James Reed Print Collection, March 14-June 8, 2019
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prints
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Pictorial works produced by transferring images by means of a matrix such as a plate, block, or screen, using any of various printing processes. When emphasizing the individual printed image, use "impressions." Avoid the controversial expression "original prints," except in reference to discussions of the expression's use. If prints are neither "reproductive prints" nor "popular prints," use the simple term "prints." With regard to photographs, prefer "photographic prints"; for types of reproductions of technical drawings and documents, see terms found under "reprographic copies."
public domain
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nineteenth century
Century in the proleptic Gregorian calendar including the years 1800 to 1899 (or 1801 to 1900).
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