Sand, George Autograph manuscript of her unpublished play Gabriel, also referred to as Julia. Extensively revised and corrected throughout from 1851 to 1863, strikethrough text and interlinear additions with new pages partial and full, pasted over lines original to the 1851 writing. The manuscript is comprised of seven sections: Prologue, Five Acts and Epilogue, each bound separately with paper wrappers and sewn with cream string, 243 leaves with writing on rectos only (10 3/4 x 8 1/2 in.; 273 x 217 mm); two contemporary watercolor illustrations pasted on the verso of two leaves, depicting the stage set for Act IV, the arcade of the Coliseum in Rome, and for Act V, the interior bedroom or sitting room of an aristocrat's villa in Rome from the late Renaissance. Acts IV, V and the Epilogue are in Sand's handwriting prior to 1855 slanting forward; Prologue, Acts I, II and III, are primarily in her post-1855 handwriting, bold and straight up and down. Corrections and strikethroughs are executed in her post -1855 handwriting in bold blue ink.
Sand, George Autograph manuscript of her unpublished play Gabriel, also referred to as Julia. Extensively revised and corrected throughout from 1851 to 1863, strikethrough text and interlinear additions with new pages partial and full, pasted over lines original to the 1851 writing. The manuscript is comprised of seven sections: Prologue, Five Acts and Epilogue, each bound separately with paper wrappers and sewn with cream string, 243 leaves with writing on rectos only (10 3/4 x 8 1/2 in.; 273 x 217 mm); two contemporary watercolor illustrations pasted on the verso of two leaves, depicting the stage set for Act IV, the arcade of the Coliseum in Rome, and for Act V, the interior bedroom or sitting room of an aristocrat's villa in Rome from the late Renaissance. Acts IV, V and the Epilogue are in Sand's handwriting prior to 1855 slanting forward; Prologue, Acts I, II and III, are primarily in her post-1855 handwriting, bold and straight up and down. Corrections and strikethroughs are executed in her post -1855 handwriting in bold blue ink.
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