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Le Sommeil du Lion: P.306-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Le Sommeil du Lion

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Boulanger, Louis Candide
Printer: Motte, Charles

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

Production date: circa AD 1830

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of chine collé
Image Height 219 mm Width 277 mm
Sheet Height 232 mm Width 337 mm

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Louis Boulanger
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Louis Boulanger delt.
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: LE SOMMEIL DU LION
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: Litho. de C. Motte.
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

Inscription present: cut

  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Embossed
  • Type: Stamp

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.306-1991
Primary reference Number: 19056
Béraldi: 21
BN Inventaire (19thC): 13
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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