Public Domain Images - Daphnis and Chloe

after drawing by François-Pascal-Simon, Baron Gérard, history and portrait painter and lithographer, 1770-1837 (artist notes)
French (artist nationality)
engraver (artist role)
Gérard, François-Pascal-Simon, baron, 1770-1837 (original artist)
Recto: l. l.: (just beneath image) Gérard, inv. del. ; l. r.: (just beneath image) Godfroy, Sculp. ; verso: u. r.: (in pencil) Clark June 1938 / 1 40 ; l. r.: (in pencil) 6 x 8 ; l. r.: (corner, in pencil) No. 14 ; l. l.: (in pencil) C575/357 (inscription)
Etching. (medium)
Good condition. Slight rippling along left edge. Light surface dirt along right edge. Adhesive tape stains at upper and lower left corners of sheet. (condition)
The Arthur H. Clark Company, Glendale, California, 9 June 1938. (provenance)
Aulos, Flute (instrument)
19th century (century)
Works of art - - Groups of Musicians Indoors (miller category)

The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.