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Plaisir d'Amour

Print
ca. 1925 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Postcard-sized print depicting a man reading to a woman who is leaning out of a window. Cupid is getting ready to shoot an arrow at the couple.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePlaisir d'Amour (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
wood engraving
Brief description
'Plaisir d'Amour', postcard issued by the Société de la Gravure sur Bois Originale, Maximilien Vox, France, ca. 1925
Physical description
Postcard-sized print depicting a man reading to a woman who is leaning out of a window. Cupid is getting ready to shoot an arrow at the couple.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.0625in
  • Width: 2.9375in
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1925, London: Board of Education, 1926.
Credit line
Given by Campbell Dodgson
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1925, London: Board of Education, 1926.
Collection
Accession number
E.260-1925

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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