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Une erreur excusable: P.2342-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Une erreur excusable
Actualités

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Daumier, Honoré Victorin
Publisher: Martinet (publisher)
Printer: Destouches

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

Production date: AD 1857

Note

II/III. Published in 'Le Charivari', 12 January 1857.

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of wove paper ( laid down on card)
Image Height 201 mm Width 262 mm
Sheet Height 250 mm Width 339 mm
Verso

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: ACTUALITÉS.
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: 364.
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: h. D.
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Initials
  • Text: Mon. Martinet, 146, r. Rivoli et 41, r. Vivienne
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Lith Destouches 28 r, Paradis Pre. Paris
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: UNE ERREUR EXCUSABLE
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: Poulets croyant retrouver la cage dans laquelle ils ont passé leur première jeunesse.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: 2916
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Number
  • Text: 15
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Number

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2342-1991
Primary reference Number: 95670
Delteil: 2916 II/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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