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Guise (Henri de Lorraine 1er de nom duc de) [&] Cleves (Catherine de) c.1830-50
Engraving | 33.2 x 24.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 615868
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Pigeot, Hilaire (fl.1853-1869)
Guise (Henri de Lorraine 1er de nom duc de) [&] Cleves (Catherine de) c.1830-50
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Engraving of statues of Henri I de Lorraine, Duke of Guise and Cathérine of Cleves, Duchess of Guise. Whole length effigies pictured lying, resting on their elbows. With French inscription below. India laid. Plate from Charles Gavard's Galeries historiques de Versailles published in the 1830s and 1840s. The plate is signed 'Diagraphe et Pantographe Gavard', indicating that the plate was created using an invention devised by Gavard which allowed him to create accurate copies of images in various scaled-down sizes.
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Engraving
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33.2 x 24.7 cm (sheet of paper)
32.6 x 24.2 cm (platemark)
25.5 x 18.0 cm (image)
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