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La charette brisée: P.2139-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

La charette brisée

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Legros, Alphonse
Printer: Cadart, Célonie-Sophie (widow of Alfred Cadart)

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequest of 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

Circa 1875 CE - 1882 CE

Note

III/III. Printed for 'La Gazette des Beaux-Arts'.

School or Style

French
British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 214 mm Width 149 mm
Sheet Height 278 mm Width 186 mm

Techniques used in production

Retroussage
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: A.L
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Initials
  • Text: A.Legros, sculp.
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: LA CHARETTE
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: Gazette des Beaux-Arts.
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Imp. Vve A. Cadart, Paris.
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: P.M. 87
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: /+
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2139-1991
Primary reference Number: 95187
Dodgson (Legros): 87 III/III

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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