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Salmacis: P.337-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Salmacis

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Chaplin, Charles (French)
Painter: Chaplin, Charles (French) (After)
Printer: Bertauts

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

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

Place(s) associated

  • Paris

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1861

Note

From the series Eaux-fortes et lithographies par Chaplin. Recueil de 15 planches, impr. Bertauts, 1861, containing 8 lithographs.

School or Style

French

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Red ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 208 mm Width 132 mm
Sheet Height 400 mm Width 301 mm

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Ch. Chaplin
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Ch. Chaplin pinx. et lith.
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Imp. Bertauts. Paris.
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Salmacis.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: Sed modo fonte suo formosos perluit artus: / Soepe Cytoriaco deducit pectine crines; / Et quid se deceat, spectatas consulit undas. / Ovide.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.337-1991
Primary reference Number: 19324
BĂ©raldi: 66
BN Inventaire (19thC): 19
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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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