The lamp (Illustration to Gérard de Nerval's 'Aurélia, ou Le Rêve et La Vie', 1855; translated by Richard Aldington, 1932) (1930)

Pearl 'Polly' Binder

lithograph

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

The lamp (Illustration to Gérard de Nerval's 'Aurélia, ou Le Rêve et La Vie', 1855; translated by Richard Aldington, 1932) (1930)

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Print, Book Illustration

Physical Object Description:

Plate 5: figure seated in bed reading, lamp to right emitting upward beam of light. Lithograph illustration to Gerard de Nerval's 'Aurelia' (translated by R. Aldington). 1930. Signed, dated, titled and numbered 2/10.

Technique:

Lithograph

Dimensions:

16 x 11 cm

Accession Number:

1931,0730.8

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1931

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) for the Contemporary Art Society, with the Prints and Drawings Fund, 1930; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1931

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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