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Oeuvres Nouvelles: Les parents terribles and Piano: P.2369-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Oeuvres Nouvelles: Les parents terribles and Piano

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gavarni, Paul
Printer: Lemercier & Cie

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: A Chariatte (early 20th century) (Lugt 88a)

Legal notes

Bequest of Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Measurements and weight

Depth: 150 mm
Height: 372 mm
Width: 266 mm

Place(s) associated

  • Paris

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Circa 1852 CE - Circa 1854 CE

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Gold pigment
Blue pigment
Red pigment
Yellow pigment
Cloth

Components of the work

Support composed of board

Techniques used in production

Bookbinding : Blue cloth binding decorated with embossed designs and lettering, parts of which are gilded and coloured, with yellow waxed paper end-papers
Embossing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: GAVARNI / OEUVRES NOUVELLES
  • Location: Front cover
  • Method of creation: Embossed and gilded
  • Type: Title
  • Text: PARENS [sic] TERRIBLES / PIANO
  • Location: Front cover, in cartouche
  • Method of creation: Embossed and gilded
  • Type: Title

Inscription present: initials in a rectangle

  • Text: AC
  • Location: Verso of front end-paper
  • Method of creation: Stamped red ink
  • Type: Collector's mark

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2369-1991
Primary reference Number: 95715
Lugt: 88a

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 13 October 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

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