Title: saint marie penitent
abstract: print shows saint mary, living as a hermit, kneeling in prayer at the opening to a cave in the hillside of a mountain covered in trees with a stream nearby; sick or disabled persons, hoping for a cure, are being helped along a path leading up to her cave. In the background is a monastery next to a river with more hills in the distance. Physical description: 1 print: engraving; plate 33. 7 x 48. 1 cm, on sheet 41. 8 x 54. 7 cm. Notes: inscribed in pencil on verso: saint maire penitent.;gift; joseph verner reed; 1949.;title from item.;paper has watermark on left edge: musée napoléon publié par henri laurent.;peint par philippe de champaigne; dessiné par marchais; gravé par godefroy père.;forms part of: popular graphic art print filing series (library of congress).;stamped on verso: deposit received from joseph verner reed 1949. Date: 1807.
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