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La Vieille et les deux servantes: P.121-1991

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

La Vieille et les deux servantes
Translated as: The old woman and the two servant-girls
Fables choisies de La Fontaine ornées de figures lithographiques

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vernet, Horace
Printer: Aubert
Publisher: Aubert

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Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Production date: AD 1818

Note

From the series Les Fables de la Fontaine, book V, 6, published 1818

School or Style

French

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 190 mm Width 240 mm
Sheet Height 219 mm Width 306 mm

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: P. 19.
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: H. Vernet
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Chez Aubert, gal. véro-dodat
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Imp. d'Aubert et de Junca
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: la Vieille et les deux servantes
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title

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Identification numbers

Accession number: P.121-1991
Primary reference Number: 17747
Béraldi: 128-146
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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