Caption
Prow and figurehead of a sailing ship, Ornements de la proue d'un vaisseau de 80 canons, Ornements de la proue de différents vaisseaux, Bow ornaments of various vessels, print, album page, ornament print, Series number, 19, 24, This print is part of a album., printmaker: Joseph Coiny, printmaker: Yves Marie Le Gouaz, after drawing by Pierre Ozanne, 1800 - 1801, Joseph Coiny, Yves Marie Le Gouaz, Pierre Ozanne, printmaker, after drawing by, paper, etching, engraving, etching and engraving, cut off within the plate edge, mounted in an album, height 225 mm x width 317 mm, sailing-ship, sailing boat, parts of ship's exterior: bow, A detailed engraved view of a ship's ornate prow showing a carved figure of a winged man holding a smaller figure, both perched on stylized clouds at the very front, a long beamed structure extending upward behind them, decorative scrollwork and acanthus motifs along the curved edge, a carved horsehead projecting beneath a helmeted bust mounted on the rail, a patterned frieze with shell-like motifs and circular cartouches running along the upper rail, several rectangular openings in the hull with shadowed interiors, and stylized waves at the waterline.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B25_398
License type
Rights managed
Available size
54.1Mb (5.8Mb) / 17.1in x 12.3in / 5139 x 3677 (300dpi)