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French engravings of the eighteenth century : in the collection of Joseph Widener, Lynnewood Hall

1923 · London : Privately printed at the Chiswick Press · 24 pictures

A 1923 privately printed catalogue of eighteenth-century French engravings from the collection of Joseph Widener at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, issued by the Chiswick Press in London for collectors and connoisseurs. Its plates show salon and boudoir interiors with figures in period dress, framed in plain tonal borders, with fine-line engraved shading that suits designers seeking eighteenth-century French courtly imagery.

Widener, Joseph E. (Joseph Early), 1872-1943 -- Art collections · Widener, Joseph E. (Joseph Early), 1872-1943 · Engraving, French · Engraving -- 18th century · Engraving -- Pennsylvania -- Elkins Park · Art -- Private collections · Engraving · Pennsylvania -- Elkins Park

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