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Léon XIII: P.442-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Léon XIII

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gaillard, Claude-Ferdinand
Printer: Chardon, Ch.

Entities

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 1880

Note

Published state (sixth state ?), for the Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1880

School or Style

French

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of chine collé
Plate Height 233 mm Width 167 mm
Sheet Height 280 mm Width 198 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: F. GAILLARD del. et sc.
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Salon de 1880
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Text: LEON XIII
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: Gazette des Beaux-Arts
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Text: Imp. Ch. Chardon aîné
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.442-1991
Primary reference Number: 20336
Béraldi: 39 VI
BN Inventaire (19thC): 67
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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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