Cours de dessin / Leon Coignet ; lithographie par Julien ; imp. Lemercier, Paris. – Vintage Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Cours de dessin / Leon Coignet ; lithographie par Julien ; imp. Lemercier, Paris., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Cours de dessin / Leon Coignet ; lithographie par Julien ; imp. Lemercier, Paris.
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A French drawing-instruction plate from Léon Coignet's *Cours de dessin*, this lithograph shows a seated woman at her work, with the drawing lesson as its subject. Julien drew the stone and the Paris firm Lemercier printed it, and the London publishers Gambart and Junin issued it around 1861, when such manuals were widely used by amateur artists. The sheet's other side carries a drawing by Winslow Homer for *War Songs*, which is why it belongs to the Library's Civil War drawing collection.
| Created / published | London : pub. by Gambart, Junin &c, [1861] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Drawn on recto: Homer, Winslow. War songs. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1) Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection. |
| Subjects | Women--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,282 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-185808 |
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