Caption

A thousand beauty and malice, Malice. Œillet de poète, Malice. Pink of poet, Language of flowers, Le langage des fleurs, print, printmaker: Achille Devéria, Paris, printer (person): Joseph Rose Lemercier, publisher: Henri Jeannin, publisher: Charles Tilt, London, 1831 - 1832, printer (person), paper, lithography, height 364 mm x width 274 mm, flowers, adolescent, young woman, maiden, Malevolence, Maliciousness, 'Malevolenza', 'Malignità', 'Malvagità' (Ripa), A pencil or charcoal portrait of a reclining woman wearing a voluminous ruffled bonnet and a dress with puffed sleeves and lace trim, she rests her head on one hand and gazes forward with a slight smile, a bracelet and drop earring are visible, delicate necklaces lie at her neckline and a small brooch adorns her bodice, a cushioned surface supports her arm and draped fabric falls around her, below the figure is a botanical drawing of a flowering stem.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B38_049

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Rights managed

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34.8Mb (7.0Mb) / 10.2in x 13.3in / 3057 x 3977 (300dpi)

Keywords

thousand beauty malice Malice Œillet de poète Pink poet Language flowers Le langage des fleurs print printmaker Achille Devéria Paris printer person Joseph Rose Lemercier publisher Henri Jeannin Charles Tilt London 1831 - 1832 paper lithography height 364 mm x width 274 mm adolescent young woman maiden Malevolence Maliciousness Malevolenza Malignità Malvagità Ripa pencil charcoal portrait reclining woman wearing voluminous ruffled bonnet dress puffed sleeves lace trim rests head hand gazes forward slight smile bracelet drop earring visible delicate necklaces lie neckline small brooch adorns bodice cushioned surface supports arm draped fabric falls figure botanical drawing flowering stem