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L'Espérance: PL.3259-013

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Titles

L'Espérance
Translated as: "Hope": Verses by Meryon to accompany the etching of the "Pont-au-Change"

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Meryon, Charles

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Lewis Meryon Bequest, 1928

Legal notes

On long term loan from Pembroke College, Cambridge (From the Lewis Meryon Bequest, 1928)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Lent (1938) by Pembroke College

Dating

Production date: AD 1854

Note

Second state

To accompany the etching of the Pont-au-Change.

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of chine collé
Sheet Height 308 mm Width 485 mm
Plate Height 63 mm Width 127 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: L'Espérance
  • Location: Image upper centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: C. M. Mars MDCCCLIIII
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: à Monsieur L. Meryon
  • Location: Image upper left
  • Method of creation: Pen and ink
  • Type: Dedication

Identification numbers

Accession number: PL.3259-013
Primary reference Number: 6170
Delteil/Wright: 35 II
Schneidermann: 41 II
Old number: Pembroke 13
Old loan number: no. 10-1938

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 11 July 2022

Associated departments & institutions

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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "L'Espérance" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/6170 Accessed: 2024-04-20 00:30:33

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