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Number Forty-Nine from the series Magic Lantern Slides of That Romantic Purple Figure
Number Forty-Nine from the series Magic Lantern Slides of That Romantic Purple Figure
Number Forty-Nine from the series Magic Lantern Slides of That Romantic Purple Figure

Number Forty-Nine from the series Magic Lantern Slides of That Romantic Purple Figure

Artist (born Edo, Japan, 1786; died Edo, Japan, 1865)
Date1852
MediumWoodblock print
DimensionsMat Overall: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Overall: 10 x 14 3/8 in. (25.4 x 36.5 cm)
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Peck
Terms
  • genre scenes
  • Woodblock print
Object number1991.14
DescriptionView into an interior. One woman is seated at right looking at a man standing in the center of the room. Another woman kneels to his right offering him a sword. A third woman is partially visible outside the room on the upper left. Behind the seated woman is a screen with a design of waves and birds.
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