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Dévouement du clergé catholique: P.208-1991

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Titles

Dévouement du clergé catholique
Translated as: The devotion of the Catholic clergy
Expédition et siège de Rome

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raffet, Auguste
Designer: Raffet, Auguste (After)
Printer: Bry, Auguste
Publisher: Gihaut, Jean François

Entities

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

1850s
1850 - 1859

Note

Seventh print from a series of 36 lithographs for Expédition et siège de Rome which Raffet executed at San Donato, the Démidoff palace near Florence between 1850 and 1859.

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 267 mm Width 198 mm
Sheet Height 445 mm Width 318 mm

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Raffet / San Donato 4 Oct 1858
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 7
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: DEVOUEMENT DU CLERGE CATHOLIQUE / dans Rome, (30 Avril 1849).
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: "Mgr Luquet, Evêque d'Esebon, Mrs de Mérode, Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, & a., sauvent la vie au péril de leurs jours à plusieurs soldats français / blessés et faits prisonniers".
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Text: Paris, Gihaut, éditeur, Boulevard des Italiens, 9.
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Imp. par Auguste Bry, r. du Bac, 114, Paris
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

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Identification numbers

Accession number: P.208-1991
Primary reference Number: 17767
Béraldi: 557-593

Audit data

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

Associated departments & institutions

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

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