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La Chimère: P.1954-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

La Chimère
Rêve

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wagner, Theophile Pierre

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequest of 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 1894

Note

Published in L'Estampe Originale, album V, 1894.

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Image Height 317 mm Width 240 mm
Sheet Height 594 mm Width 426 mm

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: W.P.T [reversed]
  • Location: Image upper left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Initials
  • Text: T.P. Wagner
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Wagner / (Litho . d)
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: 5
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Number

Inscription present: upper body of a woman drawing

  • Text: ESTAMPE ORIGINALE
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Embossed
  • Type: Publisher's mark

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1954-1991
Primary reference Number: 94678
Lugt: 819
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 October 2022 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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