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Invitation to a charity ball, print, invitation, On the left, a personification of the proposed city with a coat of arms at the feet. A compass, pickaxe, and hammer are depicted on the flag in the center. In the lower right, the silhouette of a city with many industrial buildings., printmaker: Georges Montenez, 1894, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching with plate tone in reddish-brown, height 277 mm x width 199 mm, factory-building, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, personification of a city, town-patron(ess), banner, standard (as symbol of the state, etc.), A sepia-toned illustration shows a seated woman wearing a crown-like headpiece and draped clothing, holding a scroll and sitting on a gear surrounded by foliage and rubble, with a steam-emitting chimney and a small bottle behind her; a flag on a pole with a symbol hangs near leafy branches and a ribbon, and a large blank scroll curves across the center; below and to the right there is an industrial cityscape with tall smokestacks belching plumes and a tower rising above clustered buildings.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26B19_216

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

33.8Mo (6.4Mo) / 25.6cm x 33.1cm / 3022 x 3904 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Invitation charity ball print invitation left personification proposed city coat arms feet compass pickaxe hammer depicted flag center lower right silhouette city industrial buildings printmaker Georges Montenez 1894 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique plate tone reddish-brown height 277 mm x width 199 mm factory-building city-view landscape man- constructions town-patron ess banner standard symbol state etc sepia-toned illustration seated woman wearing crown- headpiece draped clothing holding scroll sitting gear surrounded foliage rubble steam-emitting chimney small bottle pole symbol hangs near leafy branches ribbon large blank scroll curves across right industrial cityscape tall smokestacks belching plumes tower rising clustered buildings