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L'illusion: P.2331-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

L'illusion
L'Estampe Moderne: premier volume

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bellery-Desfontaines, Henri Jules Ferdinand

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 1897

Note

Printed with a tint-stone.

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Coloured ink

Components of the work

Support composed of wove paper
Image Height 256 mm Width 327 mm
Sheet Height 307 mm Width 381 mm

Techniques used in production

Colour printing
Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: h Bellery Desfontaines
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 1897
  • Location: Image lower left, following the above
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Date

Inscription present: head of a girl in profile to the left

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

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2331-1991
Primary reference Number: 95658
Bailly-Herzberg: p. 354
BN Inventaire (19thC): 1 (1)
Lugt: 2790
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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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