The Lion in Love: P.158-1985

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Titles

The Lion in Love
The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gooden, Stephen Frederick

Entities

Legal notes

Allocated by H.M. Treasury through the Minister of the Arts, accepted in lieu of capital taxes

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1985-04) by Keynes, Sir Geoffrey

Dating

Production date: AD 1929

Note

Illustration to the first volume of The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine, Translated by Sir Edward Marsh, London, Heinemann, 1931, p.120

Third state

School or Style

British

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Plate Height 163 mm Width 87 mm
Sheet Height 337 mm Width 230 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Inscription or legends present

Text: Stephen Gooden 1929
Location: Plate lower right
Method of creation: Graphite
Type: Signature

Text: G.L.K. Aug. 1930
Location: Verso lower right
Method of creation: Graphite

Inscription present: Keynes' stamp

Text: CAVE CANES
Location: Verso lower left
Method of creation: Red ink
Type: Stamp

References and bibliographic entries

An iconography of the engravings of Stephen Gooden

Related exhibitions

Prints by Stephen Gooden (1892-1955) from the Collection of Sir Geoffrey Keynes

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.158-1985
Primary reference Number: 2266
Dodgson (Gooden): 72 III/IV
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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