Trace Mayer Antiques
3700 Lexington Road
Louisville, KY 40207
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Grandville Engravings


 


   
1867 Grandville Engraving, Imprisoned Plaintiff

Description: Black and White Engraving inscribed at bottom, le doux roucoulement des colombes plaintives, murmure cadence des ondes fugitives, voix des bois et des vents, arrive jusqu a lui. mais en vain sur les prés la lumière ruisselle; malheureux paria, la joie universelle semble insulter à ton ennui!... ; From the 1867 edition of Vignettes of The Private and Public Life of Animals by Grandville, Published in Paris, 1867. Loose english translation is: The soft roucoulement of the plaintive doves, murmur rhythm of the waves fugitives, voice of wood and winds, arrives even has him. But in vain on the meadows the light streams; unfortunate outcast, the universal joy seems to insult to your boredom!...

Condition: is good, matted.

Dimensions:
Height- 14
Length- 13

Price: $45.00


Item ID: 21909
(use this number when calling our gallery)