Catalogue des tableaux du Musée de Lille : avec des notices sur la vie des principaux peintres
An 1841 catalogue of paintings in the Musée des beaux-arts of Lille, France, published in Lille by the Parvillez-Rouselle printing house, aimed at visitors and students of European painting. The single picture is a small vignette of open books, a leaning bust or figure, and a wreath of foliage around them, drawn in dense crosshatched lines that suggest a wood engraving. A designer could draw on its compact oval composition and its tangle of loose linework for ornaments, headpieces or tailpieces.
