Source Note: From Costume des anciens peuples, à l'usage des artistes. Dandré-Bardon, Michel François ; 1700-1783 ; author. Paris : Alexandre Jombert, 1784-1785. 2 v. Nouvelle édition rédigée par M. Cochin.

Physical Description

Etchings
Extent: 28 x 20.8 cm
Stains on image.

Abstract

Bride and groom join hands in an oath of fidelity before the bride's pronuba, or matron of honor, upper right. Styluses, scrolls and tablets used to record the terms of the marriage agreement, top left. Wagon used to conduct the bride and her relatives and friends to her new husband's house, bottom.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17706513
Barcode: 33333159468046
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e30e1890-c556-012f-7082-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1784

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Roman marriage" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1784. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e30e1890-c556-012f-7082-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1784). Roman marriage Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e30e1890-c556-012f-7082-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Roman marriage" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e30e1890-c556-012f-7082-58d385a7bc34

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