Caption

A pretty little bird, Entraining conversation, Sitting vulture and a man dragging a child behind him, The little print shop, Small collection of prints, print, album page, Page with two separate illustrations. This print is part of an album., printmaker: Eugène Hippolyte Forest, publisher: Aubert & Cie., Paris, 1834, paper, wood engraving, height 141 mm x width 232 mm, father and child(ren), man and child(ren) (family group), predatory birds: vulture, absence of parental love, A large bird with detailed feather etching stands on a rocky ledge on the left, its head turned slightly downward and showing a curved beak and textured plumage; on the right, a couple dressed in period clothing walk closely together, the man wearing a tall hat and a coat and the woman wearing a bonnet and a patterned dress with puffed sleeves, her hand resting near his arm; beneath them a small child in a dress and bonnet lies on the ground with a doll and a small book nearby; the scene is rendered in fine black ink lines on a lightly aged paper background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B16_100

License type

Rights managed

Available size

46.0Mb (11.6Mb) / 17.0in x 10.5in / 5093 x 3155 (300dpi)

Keywords

pretty little bird Entraining conversation Sitting vulture man dragging child little print shop Small collection prints album page Page two separate illustrations part album printmaker Eugène Hippolyte Forest publisher Aubert & Cie Paris 1834 paper wood engraving height 141 mm x width 232 mm father ren man family group predatory birds vulture absence parental love large bird detailed feather etching stands rocky ledge left head turned slightly downward showing curved beak textured plumage right couple dressed period clothing walk closely together man wearing tall hat coat woman wearing bonnet patterned dress puffed sleeves hand resting near arm beneath them small child dress bonnet lies ground doll small book nearby scene rendered fine black ink lines lightly aged paper background