Frontispiece for a Catalogue of the Engravings of Thomas de Leu

Charles Meryon

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white illustration of a book cover. The cover is ornately framed. A man sits on the ground on the left. The man holds a magnifying glass up to his eye with one hand and supports himself with the other on the ground. The man wears a cloth wrapped around his lower body. He sits in front of a table with a pot on it, emitting smoke. The magnifying glass shines a beam to the right. A woman stands on the right holding a torch. The torch's flame emits a beam to the left that intersects with the beam from the magnifying glass. The beam from the torch shines on a stone structure behind the two people. The stone structure contains a list of names and dates. The woman wears a long dress and a hat. The woman's right arm is bent at the elbow and her right hand grips the torch. The woman's left arm extends outward at shoulder height. The woman stands next to tree roots on the right. Tree roots are on the left as well. The book title and author are in the upper center. The book title reads "THOMAS DE LEU". The author's name reads "THOMAS ARNAULDET". The bottom of the cover contains five nameplates in a row. A decorative crest is to the right of the nameplates.