Caption

A travers les livres: les heroines du roman, Reading man surrounded by novel characters, print, Below the central scene a reading woman leaned against a pillow., printmaker: Albert Robida, 1858 - 1926, chine collé, paper, lithography, lithography on chine collé, height 250 mm x width 185 mm, newspaper, news-sheet, literary characters and objects, A detailed black and white drawing filled with many figures and scenes blended together, dominated by a central image of a bespectacled man reading from an open book beneath a large shaded lamp, surrounded by clusters of women in period dresses, children, and men in hats and coats, some wearing elaborate hairstyles and ornate clothing; to the upper left a dark silhouette of a cathedral and a spire rises against a shaded sky, while the upper right shows a group of three men in broad-brimmed hats beside bare tree branches; various smaller vignettes circle the center including a seated woman with a small dog, a young woman in a hooded cloak holding a book, a row of book spines near the lamp, theatrical or masquerade figures in costume, and tiny scenes of people gesturing and interacting near the bottom, all rendered in soft charcoal or pencil with swirling shading and fine crosshatching.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B29_082

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55.7Mb (7.1Mb) / 11.6in x 18.6in / 3484 x 5588 (300dpi)

Keywords

travers les livres heroines du roman Reading man surrounded novel characters print central scene reading woman leaned pillow printmaker Albert Robida 1858 - 1926 chine collé paper lithography height 250 mm x width 185 mm newspaper news-sheet literary characters objects detailed black white drawing filled figures scenes blended together dominated central image bespectacled man reading open book beneath large shaded lamp surrounded clusters women period dresses children men hats coats wearing elaborate hairstyles ornate clothing upper left dark silhouette cathedral spire rises shaded sky upper right group three men broad-brimmed hats beside bare tree branches various smaller vignettes circle center seated woman small dog young woman hooded cloak holding book row book spines near theatrical masquerade figures costume tiny scenes people gesturing interacting near bottom rendered soft charcoal pencil swirling shading fine crosshatching