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Le Désert Indien: P.1013-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Le Désert Indien

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Leroux, Eugène
Painter: Decamps, Alexandre Gabriel (After)
Printer: Bertauts

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

1851 CE - 1852 CE

Note

Plate 53 from Les Artistes Anciens et Modernes, 1851-1852, T. II, vol. 3.

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of chine collé
Image Height 155 mm Width 271 mm
Sheet Height 314 mm Width 446 mm

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 53
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: Decamps. pinx
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Eug. Le Roux. lith
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Imp. Bertauts, Paris.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

Inscription present: inscribed in an oval

  • Text: LES ARTISTES / ANCIENS / ET MODERNES
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Embossed
  • Type: Stamp
  • Text: Le Désert Indien.
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: Collection de Mr. Van-Isaac.
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1013-1991
Primary reference Number: 22909
Béraldi: 2
BN Inventaire (19thC): 84

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Le Désert Indien" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/22909 Accessed: 2024-04-20 14:46:29

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