Skip to main content

Le Chant: P.1008-1991

An image of Print
View image details Mirador icon - view image Mirador deep zoom IIIF Manifest IIIF Manifest Slow looking

Terms of use

The low-resolution images published on this Website are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY-NC-ND). For more details: Fitzwilliam Terms of Use

This licence does not include any images of works that are still in copyright. Artistic copyright extends from the life of the artist to 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the artist died.

Download this image

For further information on use of images or to license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who can discuss terms and fees.

Alternative views

An image of Print
Current Location: In storage

Titles

Le Chant

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lepic, Ludovic Napoléon

Entities

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

1870s
Production date: AD 1876

Note

For "L'Opéra, eaux-fortes et quatrains, par un abonné", Librairie de Bibliophiles, 1876. Frontispiece.

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Sheet Height 109 mm Width 89 mm
Plate Height 97 mm Width 78 mm

Techniques used in production

Drypoint
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Lepic
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: CHANT.
  • Location: Image centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1008-1991
Primary reference Number: 22877
Béraldi: 7
BN Inventaire (19thC): 114

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Le Chant" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/22877 Accessed: 2025-12-08 11:17:20

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/22877 |title=Le Chant |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-12-08 11:17:20|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-22877

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp73/P_1008_1991_006_201504_jas244_dc2.jpg"
        alt="Le Chant"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Le Chant</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...

University of Cambridge Museums logo
Cambridge City Council logo
Arts Council England Logo
Research England logo