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Boy on a mule going through a gateway, with a boy standing next to a mule in the foreground: P.2241-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Boy on a mule going through a gateway, with a boy standing next to a mule in the foreground

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Saint-Non, Jean Claude Richard de
Draughtsman: Le Prince, Jean Baptiste (After)

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: AD 1756

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 96 mm Width 68 mm
Sheet Height 96 mm Width 68 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: St. Non Sc.
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 1756
  • Location: Plate lower left, following the above
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Date
  • Text: Le Prince del.
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: N. 2588
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Brown ink
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: S
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Brown ink
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2241-1991
Primary reference Number: 95458
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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Boy on a mule going through a gateway, with a boy standing next to a mule in the foreground" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/95458 Accessed: 2024-03-19 06:56:21

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