Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904.

Found in

1. Etchings by Henri Guérard. (NN)NYPG97-F237.

Description

1. 6 prints : etching, drypoint, aquatint; 16.4 x 18 cm. or smaller +

Summary

1. Suite of prints illustrating The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe in a French translation by Emile Blémont. The first plate is present in 2 states; also includes an unpublished version of the second plate. Subjects include bats, bell towers, bells, church bells, the moon and a sleigh.

Subject

1. Blémont, Emile, 1839-1927, translator
2. Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
3. Bats
4. Bell towers
5. Bells
6. Church bells
7. Sleighs
8. Moon > In art

Genre/Form

1. Book illustrations – French – 19th century.
2. Artists' devices.
3. Etchings – French – 19th century.

Contents

1. B577. [Sleigh bells] (1st state) -- B577. [Sleigh bells] (2nd state) -- B578. [Wedding bells] -- B578bis. [Wedding bells] (1er idée) -- B579. [Alarm bells] -- B580. [Tolling of the bells]

Call number

1. MEZAC

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Supplement (note)

1. S.P. Avery Collection.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Holdings checked in departmental copy of Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, v. 7.

Provenance (note)

1. Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900. B577 bears a stamp in the form of a small red printing press (Not in Lugt)

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of Etchings by Henri Guérard in Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Author

1. Guérard, Henri-Charles, 1846-1897.

Title

1. Les cloches. [graphic] / poeme de Edgar Poe; traduction libre d'Emile Blémont; avec quatre eaux-fortes de Henry Guérard.

Imprint

1. Paris : Librairie de l'eau-forte , [1876]

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Print Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Supplement

1. S.P. Avery Collection.

Indexes

1. Holdings checked in departmental copy of Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, v. 7.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of Etchings by Henri Guérard in Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Provenance

1. Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900. B577 bears a stamp in the form of a small red printing press (Not in Lugt)

Added author

1. Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Collector

Found in:

1. Etchings by Henri Guérard. (NN)NYPG97-F237.

Research call number

1. MEZAC