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Café des Aveugles: 34.15-44

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Café des Aveugles
Interior of the Café des Aveugles, in the Palais Royal, Paris, with the blind muscians playing to an audience of prostitutes and pickpockets
Caricatures Parisiennes

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Entities

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

19th Century
1800 -

Note

Lettered with series title and title only. Martinet's publication line removed? In graphite upper left 'Decembre 1808'

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 34.15-44
Primary reference Number: 203928

Audit data

Created: Friday 3 July 2015 Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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