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Conrad sauve Gulnare de l'incendie (Le Corsaire, de Byron): P.125-1991

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Conrad sauve Gulnare de l'incendie (Le Corsaire, de Byron)
Translated as: Conrad liberates Gulnare from the fire (Byron's The Corsair)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vernet, Horace

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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

1818 - 1819

Note

Proof before letters, signed and dated in pencil. Published in 1819 as an illustration to Byron's The Corsair.

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 254 mm Width 173 mm
Sheet Height 261 mm Width 182 mm

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Vernet 1819
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: H. Vernet
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 1818
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Date

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Identification numbers

Accession number: P.125-1991
Primary reference Number: 17794
BĂ©raldi: 153
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 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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