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L'ennemi ne se doute pas que nous sommes là: P.206-1991

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

L'ennemi ne se doute pas que nous sommes là
Translated as: 'The enemy doesn't know we are here...'
Album pour 1836

Maker(s)

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

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Categories

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 1836

Note

Eighth print from an album of lithographs published by the Gihaut brothers in 1836.

School or Style

French

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 179 mm Width 251 mm
Sheet Height 234 mm Width 307 mm

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 8
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: Raffet
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Lith. de Gihaut frères, Editeurs,
  • 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: L'ENNEMI NE SE DOUTE PAS QUE NOUS SOMMES LA, / Il est sept heures nous le suprendrons demain à quatre heures du matin
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title

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Identification numbers

Accession number: P.206-1991
Primary reference Number: 17817
Béraldi: 410
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Audit data

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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