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Ouverture du feu de la batterie No. 1.: P.234-1991

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Ouverture du feu de la batterie No. 1.
(Siége de Rome), 5 Juin 1849. 6h. du matin.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raffet, Auguste
Printer: Gihaut, Jean François
Publisher: Bry, Auguste

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Legal notes

Bequeathed by 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 1854

Note

Part of the series Expédition et Siége de Rome. 1850-59 (Gihaut).

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Light brown ink
Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of India paper
Image Height 267 mm Width 350 mm
Sheet Height 312 mm Width 479 mm

Techniques used in production

Colour lithography
Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Raffet, 1854
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 17.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: OUVERTURE DU FEU DE LA BATTERIE NO. 1.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: (Siége de Rome), 5 Juin 1849. 6h. du matin.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: Paris, Gihaut Frères, éditeurs, Boulevart des Italiens, [?].
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Imp. par Auguste Bry, 114, r du Bac.
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.234-1991
Primary reference Number: 98621
Béraldi: No. 17, 557-593 (p.98)
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 19 February 2015 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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