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Le réveil: P.205-1991

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Le réveil

Maker(s)

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

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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

1840s
Production date: AD 1848

Note

Begun in 1840, but published only eight years later.

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 192 mm Width 234 mm
Sheet Height 298 mm Width 393 mm

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 2
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: Raffet 1848
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Paris, Gihaut frères éditeurs, Boulevard des Italiens, 5
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Impr. par Auguste Bry, r. du Bac, 114
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: LE REVEIL.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: La Caisse sonne étrange, / fortement elle retentit, / Dans leur fosse en ressuscitent / Les vieux soldats péris.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed

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Identification numbers

Accession number: P.205-1991
Primary reference Number: 17832
Béraldi: 85

Audit data

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

Associated departments & institutions

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

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