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The jetty and lighthouse at Honfleur: PD.6-1967

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Titles

The jetty and lighthouse at Honfleur

Maker(s)

Painter: Boudin, Eugène Louis

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Notes

History note: ? Adam, Paris; Harcourte Johnston, his sale, Sotheby's, 12 June 1940 (lot 146), where bought by the donor

Legal notes

E. Vincent Harris, O.B.E., R.A., in memory of his wife Edith, 1967

Measurements and weight

Height: 18.7 cm
Width: 24 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1967) by Harris, Emanuel Vincent

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Support composed of panel (wood)

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on panel

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: E.B. (twice)
  • Location: Lower right
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Garanti de Boudin 1890 - ada...
  • Location: Verso
  • Type: Label
  • Text: By Eugène Boudin. Havre. La Jetée et l'Avant Port
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Text: the above inscription repeated
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: E.Boudin. 146' La Jetée et l'avant Port signed with initials. 8in . by 10 in. Exhibited at the Barking Museum (in ink), Bought Sotheby June 1940
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Printed cutting from a sale catalogue, endorsed in ink
  • Type: Label
  • Text: E.Boudin, La Jetée et l'avant Port, signed with initials. Millboard
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Printed cutting
  • Type: Label
  • Text: Garanti de Boudin 1890 - ado (?a)
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: MS label
  • Type: Label
  • Text: ...NG / MUSEUM
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Printed, defaced
  • Type: Label
  • Text: No 48
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Type: Number
  • Text: 729
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Number

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.6-1967
Primary reference Number: 2334

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 25 October 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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