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30 Avril 1849.: P.237-1991

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Titles

30 Avril 1849.
......Une Colonne Formée du 20e et du 33e. lancée au pas de course sur la route conduisant à la porte Cavalleggieri est accueillie par la mitraille, partie du saillant du Vatican.

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

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

1850s
Production date: AD 1850

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 300 mm Width 422 mm
Sheet Height 399 mm Width 567 mm

Techniques used in production

Colour lithography
Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Raffet, 1850
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 6.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: 30 AVRIL 1849.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: ......Une Colonne Formée du 20e et du 33e. lancée au pas de course sur la route conduisant à la porte Cavalleggieri est accueillie par la mitraille, partie du saillant du Vatican.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: Paris, Gihaut Frères, éditeurs, Boulevart des Italiens, 5.
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Paris, Imp. par Auguste Bry, 114, r du Bac.
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.237-1991
Primary reference Number: 98624
Béraldi: No. 6, 557-593 (p.98)

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

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

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