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Aux Ambassadeurs: P.24-1978

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Aux Ambassadeurs
Translated as: At the Café des Ambassadeurs

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Degas, Edgar

Entities

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Notes

History note: Purchased by A.S.F. Gow from Craddock & Barnard, 1956, £9

Legal notes

Through the National Art Collections Fund

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1978-03) by Gow, A. S. F.

Dating

1870s
Circa 1879 - 1880

Note

Impression from a cancelled plate

School or Style

French

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Plate Height 268 mm Width 294 mm
Sheet Height 324 mm Width 408 mm

Techniques used in production

Aquatint
Soft-ground etching
Drypoint
Etching

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Identification numbers

Accession number: P.24-1978
Primary reference Number: 1665
Adhémar/Cachin: 30
Reed/Shapiro: 49
Delteil: 27
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025 Last processed: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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