A fisherwoman blown by the wind; representing Pisces in the astrological year. Lithograph after S. Tresca after L. Lafitte.

  • Louis Lafitte
Date:
[between 1800 and 1899]
Reference:
26515i
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Description

Two fishes representing Pisces can be seen through the clouds

Publication/Creation

Paris : [between 1800 and 1899] ([Paris?] : Léon Ullman [lithographer])

Physical description

1 print : lithograph ; border 13.5 x 19.1 cm

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Lettering

Ventose. 20/21 Fevrier. Le soleil est au signe des poissons X. ... Lettering continues: "La nymphe du rivage aux poissons fait la guerre. Dans ce mois ou les vents déchaînés sur les eaux,/ Les font rentrer au fleuve & rendent à la terre,/ La prairie ou les fleurs raménant les oiseaux. Lafitte pinx. Tresca sculp. Deposé à la Bibliothèque Nationale". Lettering also includes charts of the hours of the rising and setting of the sun in six different capital cities. Léon Ullman [lithographer].

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Wellcome Collection 26515i

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