Lucretia, Playing Card from Des grands hommes Set (1871)

A woman in a blue draped mantle over a red skirt stands in profile, one hand pressed to her chest and the other arm extended, against a cream field framed by gold club suit symbols and ornamental scrollwork. A caption below reads Lucrèce 509 av. J.-C., Pudeur, Vertu.

Artist

Marcel G. Dèschampes

Date

1871

Medium

Stencil-colored lithograph on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

1137 × 1600 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum