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La dernière charette: P.201-1991

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

La dernière charette
Translated as: The last cartload
Album pour 1835

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raffet, Auguste
Painter: Raffet, Auguste (After)
Printer: Gihaut, Jean François
Publisher: Gihaut, Jean François

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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

Production date: AD 1835

Note

Third print from an album of twelve subjects based on incidents which took place during the Terror and the Empire, published by Gihaut in 1835.

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 187 mm Width 248 mm
Sheet Height 271 mm Width 361 mm

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Raffet
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 3.
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: Lith. de Gihaut frères, Editeurs,
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Boulevard des Italiens, No. 5, Paris.
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: LA DERNIERE CHARETTE. / 9 Thermidor 1794.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title

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Identification numbers

Accession number: P.201-1991
Primary reference Number: 17757
Béraldi: 390-402
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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