A Turkish woman seated on the wall of a pool to bathe, with an ointment jar. Lithograph by C. Motte after L. Boulanger.

  • Boulanger, Louis, 1806-1867.
Date:
1830
Reference:
31168i
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Description

A woman described by Victor Hugo in his poem 'La captive', from which the verses in the lettering are derived.The poem is one in the series 'Les orientales' written in July 1828

Publication/Creation

[Paris] : [C. Motte],[ca. 1830?]

Physical description

1 print : lithograph ; image 27.3 x 21.4 cm

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Lettering

Les orientales. ... L. Boulanger del. Litho de Ch. Motte.

References note

Possibly to be identified with Bibliographie de la France, 3 juillet 1830, no. 566 "Les orientales: On voit sur l'eau qui s'agite sortir vite son beau pied et son beau col, par {L. Boulanger}. ... Impr. de {Motte}, à Paris. A Paris, chez {Motte}, rue des Marais, n. 13."
Jean Laran al., Inventaire du fonds français après 1800, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome III, Paris 1942, p. 225, no. 12 ("Les orientales. Sara la baigneuse. Victor Hugo")

Reference

Wellcome Collection 31168i

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