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Souvenir of my ascent of the Eiffel Tower
(Souvenir de mon ascension à la Tour Eiffel)
1889
Medium
book: letterpress, colour lithographs, lithographs, 96 pages, cardboard cover, stitched and glued binding
Measurements
13.6 × 10.0 cm (page) 13.6 × 10.0 × 0.4 cm (closed) 13.6 × 19.4 × 0.3 cm (open)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Dr Robert Wilson Collection. Gift of Dr Robert Wilson, 2012
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
printed in ink on front cover c.: SOUVENIER / de mon / ASCENSION / à la / TOUR EIFFEL
printed in ink on front cover l.c.: Le ______ 1889 / PARIS / L. WARNIER, Editeur, / 48 Rue Laffitte, 48.
printed in ink on front cover l.l.: L'URBAINE INCENDIE
printed in ink on front cover l.r.: L'URBAINE VIE
printed in ink on cover l.l.: LITH G. BATAILLE, 18&20. RUE DE GHABROL, PARIS.
printed in ink on cover l.c.: PARIS RUE LE(...illeg.) 8
pritned in ink on title page u.c.: SOUVENIR / DE / MON ASCENSION / A / LA TOUR EIFFEL / EN VENTE A LA TOUR EIFFEL / Prix: 10 centimes / PARIS / L. WARNIER, LIBRAIRE-ÉDITEUR / 48, rue Laffitte, 48 / 1889
stamped on front cover l.c.: 9 JUIL
inscribed in pencil on page 2: L. Froidefond / 9 Juillet 89
Accession Number
2012.522
Department
International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Documentary Literary and Text Structures
Subjects (specific)
Eiffel Tower France (nation) keepsakes (books) Paris (inhabited place) souvenirs towers (single built works)