Essai sur les beaux-arts, et particulièrement sur le Salon de 1817; ou, Examen critique des principaux ouvrages d'art exposés dans le cours de cette année, avec trente-huit gravures au trait;
An 1817 Paris art criticism book by E. F. A. M. Miel, published by Pélicier and Delaunay and printed by Didot le Jeune, written as a critical review of works shown at that year's Salon for a French audience of art readers. Its line engravings are sketched reviews of paintings and scenes, including a Madonna receiving a vow, the Martyrdom of Saint Stephen, and a bed-chamber scene, with dense figure groups in classical and academic poses that suggest compositional studies for history painting.
