Skip to main content

D'où diable sait-elle tout cela ?: P.1335-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

D'où diable sait-elle tout cela ?
Ce qu'on dit et ce qu'on pense

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Scheffer, Jean Gabriel
Printer: Villain, Francois Alexandre
Publisher: Martinet (publisher)

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

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

Measurements and weight

Height: 360 mm
Width: 270 mm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Circa 1820 - 1830

Note

Plate 19 from the series Ce qu'on dit et ce qu'on pense, Petites scènes du monde, par Scheffer Gabriel, title-page & 60 lithographs.

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Coloured ink
Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: No. 19.
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: J. S.
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Initials
  • Text: Lith. de Villain
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Chez Martinet
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Pen and ink
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: D'où diable sait-elle tout cela ?
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1335-1991
Primary reference Number: 26629
Béraldi: p.17
Stable URI

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

Citation for print

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

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "D'où diable sait-elle tout cela ?" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/26629 Accessed: 2024-03-29 05:52:24

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/26629 |title=D'où diable sait-elle tout cela ? |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-03-29 05:52:24|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-26629

More objects and works of art you might like

Suggested products from Curating Cambridge

You might be interested in this...

Sign up for updates

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