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Shepherd seated by a rock with a dog and a child: P.161-1991

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Shepherd seated by a rock with a dog and a child
Suite de dessins à la plume à l'usage des élèves des écoles spéciales...Polytechnique...et autres [?]

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Charlet, Nicolas Toussaint
Printer: Villain, Jean-François
Publisher: Gihaut, Jean François

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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 1839

Note

Probably from Suite de dessins à la plume à l'usage des élèves des écoles spéciales...Polytechnique...et autres, suite de cinquante-deux planches, chez Gihaut, 1839

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 171 mm Width 130 mm
Sheet Height 305 mm Width 237 mm

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Charlet
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: Lith. de Villain
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: M
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Embossed
  • Type: Stamp

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Identification numbers

Accession number: P.161-1991
Primary reference Number: 17754
Béraldi: 1000-1060 ?
BN Inventaire (19thC): 317 ?
Lugt: 1840
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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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