Skip to main content

Almanach de Cabinet pour lan de grace MDCCXIV: 24.K.12-199

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Almanach de Cabinet pour lan de grace MDCCXIV
Almanach de Cabinet pour l'an de grâce 1714

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Horthemels, Louise Magdeleine
Publisher: Cochin, Charles Nicolas I

Entities

Categories

Description

Female personification of France, with putti to the left representing other nations, including one as England, who strikes down Discord with a chain

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1714

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Madel. Horthmels Cochin sculp.
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Condedat Laruea Olivæ
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: La France prèfere le plaisir de donner la / Paix a la gloire de continuer vne guerre / que sa force et ses Richese la mettroient en / Etat de soutenir avec succez . l’Angleterre pour seconder des Intentions / de la France, terrasse la discorde : Les genies / des autres nations, rassemblez sous le Sim= / bole de l’alliance, concourent a la même Joye.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Se vend a Paris chez C. Cochin rue St Jacque au Mecenas.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: 24.K.12-199
Primary reference Number: 183620
BN Inventaire (18thC): undescribed
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 18 November 2014 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Almanach de Cabinet pour lan de grace MDCCXIV" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/183620 Accessed: 2024-11-02 16:32:04

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/183620 |title=Almanach de Cabinet pour lan de grace MDCCXIV |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-02 16:32:04|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-183620

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...