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Le Pélerin

Print
1914 (published)
Place of origin

Rectangular (portrait format) sheet of thin cream paper. Recto: printed in blue with magazine title, logo, a border of art nouveau ornament, subscription, production and other information (in French), and in colour with an illustration of the Black Madonna of Czestechowa, captioned La célèbre Madone polonaise de Czenstochow (sic). Verso: text including an article about the cover image (in French) printed in black.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleLe Pélerin (published title)
Materials and techniques
Letterpress and colour half-tone letterpress
Brief description
Front cover of Le Pèlerin (The Pilgrim) magazine, vol. 38, no. 1968, 13th December 1914
France, 1914
Letterpress and colour half-tone letterpress
Physical description
Rectangular (portrait format) sheet of thin cream paper. Recto: printed in blue with magazine title, logo, a border of art nouveau ornament, subscription, production and other information (in French), and in colour with an illustration of the Black Madonna of Czestechowa, captioned La célèbre Madone polonaise de Czenstochow (sic). Verso: text including an article about the cover image (in French) printed in black.
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 26.4cm
  • Sheet width: 19cm
Content description
The Black Madonna of Czestochowa
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • 38e ANNEE - No 1968. DIMANCHE 13 DECEMBRE 1914. Le Pèlerin REVUE ILLUSTRÉE DE LA SEMAINE Avec supplément littéraire, politique et agricole ABONNEMENT ANNUEL FRANCE ÉTRANGER Edition ordinaire... 6 fr. 8 fr. Edition de luxe... 10 fr. 10 fr. Abonnements annuels combinés : Pèlerin et Vie des Saints...... 7 fr. 20 Pèlerin et Contemporains.... 9 fr. 60 Croix grand format et Pèlerin.. 22 fr. ADVENIAT REGNUM TUUM RÉDACTION & ADMINSTRATION . 5 RUE BAYARD . PARIS VIIIème (Lettered in blue within the design)
    Translation
    38th YEAR - No. 1968. SUNDAY 13 DECEMBER 1914. The Pilgrim ILLUSTRATED REVIEW OF THE WEEK With literary, political and farming supplement ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION FRANCE ABROAD Ordinary edition 6 francs 8 francs De-luxe edition 10 francs 10 francs Combined annual subscriptions: The Pilgrim with Lives of the Saints….. 7 francs 20 centimes The Pilgrim with Contemporaries…….. 9 francs 60 centimes The Cross large format and The Pilgrim… 22 francs THY KINGDOM COME PRINTING AND ADMINISTRATION . 5 Rue Bayard . Paris 8th district
  • La célèbre Madone polonaise de Czenstochow. (Lettered in black, below the illustration.)
    Translation
    The famous Polish Madonna of Czestochowa.
Credit line
Given by Tim Travis in memory of Leslie Travis
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.488-2018

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Record createdJune 20, 2018
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