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Drawings for A.F. Jaccaci's "On the trail of Don Quixote"

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Daniel Vierge
1851-1904

Drawings for A.F. Jaccaci's "On the trail of Don Quixote"

[1896?]
7 1/2 x 10 1/16 inches (190 x 257 mm) or smaller
Pen and ink, wash, and graphite on paper.
2003.7:1-11

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes
Eleven pen and ink, wash, and pencil drawings by Vierge for Jaccaci's On the trail of Don Quixote, published in New York by Scribner's in 1896; the majority of Vierge's designs, with some exceptions, were later used for the French edition of Jaccaci's book, published by Hachette et cie in Paris in 1901, under the title: Au pays de Don Quichotte.
Drawing titles in English and French from the published illustration titles in the New York and French editions of Jaccaci's "On the trail of Don Quixote".
Drawings comprising this group have also been cataloged individually.
Inscriptions/Markings
All 11 drawings signed "Vierge" in ink
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department