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Vive la ligne!: P.249-1991

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Vive la ligne!
(28 Juillet 1830.)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raffet, Auguste
Printer: Gihaut, 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 1931

Note

From an album, 1831 (Gihaut)

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of wove paper
Image Height 211 mm Width 222 mm
Sheet Height 243 mm Width 329 mm

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Raffet
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Vive la ligne!
  • Location: Lower middle
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: (28 Juillet 1830.)
  • Location: Lower middle
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: I. Lith de Gihaut fréres éditeurs.
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Boulevard des Italiens No. 5.
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Address
  • Text: 8.
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.249-1991
Primary reference Number: 98647
Béraldi: No. 8, 338-350. (p.94)
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 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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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Vive la ligne!" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/98647 Accessed: 2024-03-28 22:57:49

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