Print Description
three muses (Melpomene = Tragedy, Terpsichore = Dance, Erato = Lyric poetry). Each is depicted with her emblem: tragic mask, lyre and cithara.
Made by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after Leonard Defraine.
Medium: Handcoloured etching / engraving. on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 17.5 x 10.5 cm (6.89 x 4.13 inch). Image size: 16 x 10 cm. (6.3 x 3.94 inch).
Condition: excellent, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
MELPOMENE-TERPSICHORE-ERATO-LYRE-CITHARA | DPO-PCO-1-143
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This print originates from Lallement’s book ‘La Mythologie en Estampes, ou Figures des Divinites fabuleuses’ (Paris, 1811).
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