Sports

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Artist

Name:: Avril, Paul
Dates:: 1849-1928
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Ornaments & Patterns
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Le miroir du monde
Author:: Uzanne, Octave
Publisher:: Paris: Maison Quantin, 1888
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Description:

Sports are represented in a series of drawings showing a group of men in military attire marching in the country, women in a gymnasium sitting on a swing or lifting weights, a horse’s head, and a bicycle.

The title reads in the original French: Les sports.

Various techniques were used in this book to reproduce the original illustrations by Paul Avril, including heliogravure and chromotypographic processes.

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{{cite web | title=Sports | url=https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/sports/ | author=Avril, Paul | year=1888 | access-date=March 16, 2025 | publisher=Old Book Illustrations}}