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Faites leur chanter la Colonne? à mes enfans?: P.186-1991

Object information

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Titles

Faites leur chanter la Colonne? à mes enfans?

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Charlet, Nicolas Toussaint
Publisher: Gihaut, Jean François
Printer: Villain, Jean-François

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by 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 1840

Note

This impression is printed with a second stone in light brown.

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Light brown ink
Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of wove paper
Image Height 366 mm Width 215 mm
Sheet Height 457 mm Width 304 mm

Techniques used in production

Colour printing
Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Charlet
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: FAITES LEUR CHANTER LA COLONNE? A MES ENFANS?
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: C'est le Cantique des cantiques!...ma colone!...mon grand Empereur..!/ capeau bas frère?...
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: No. 6.
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: Lith. de Villain, rue de Sèvres, 19.
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: A Paris, chez Gihaut fréres, bard des Italiens, No. 5.
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.186-1991
Primary reference Number: 98589
Béraldi: 9, 6. (p.134)
BN Inventaire (19thC): 347, No.6.
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 8 June 2012 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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