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Dahomey - Cremation of corpses (1892)
Original wood engraving printed in chromotypography drawn by Meyer. Text on the reverse. 1892

1892XIXth Century
  • Date : 1892
  • Century : 19th Century
  • Period : IIIrd Republic
  • Technique : Wood engraving
  • Support : Paper
  • Sheet : 34.7 x 29.5 cm
  • Plate : 30.6 x 26.5 cm
  • Inventory N° : FR-48580
80€
(Frame not included)
  • Certificate of authenticity
  • Passepartout included
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Title

Dahomey - Cremation of corpses (1892)

Description

Original wood engraving printed in chromotypography drawn by Meyer. Text on the reverse. 1892

The Galerie Napoléon is pleased to propose to you this wood engraving printed 132 years ago (in 1892).

As for all the artworks of our collections, this wood engraving Dahomey - Cremation of corpses (1892) dating from 1892 is dispatched worldwide within 24H in a secured packaging, accompanied by its certificate of authenticity guaranteeing the name of the artists draughtsman, engraver, lithographer), the impression process used (Wood engraving) and its date (1892).

In order to guarantee a perfect conservation in time, this wood engraving is dispatched, ready to be framed, under color passepartout (manufactured without acid in the pulp for a neutral pH) on a cream mountboard made from carton bois (also acid free & neutral pH).

The collection

This artwork is part of a collection of 203 wood engravings entitled « The World in 1891 and 1892 »

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