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Capitaine ! je m'embête d'astiquer mon fusil sans immoler seulement un serin...: P.1260-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Capitaine ! je m'embête d'astiquer mon fusil sans immoler seulement un serin...
Macédoine

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Plattel, Henri-Daniel
Printer: Aubert et Cie
Publisher: Bauger

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Measurements and weight

Height: 260 mm
Width: 350 mm

Place(s) associated

  • Paris

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Circa 1830 CE - 1840 CE

Note

Plate No. 4 from a series.

School or Style

Swiss

Materials used in production

Coloured ink
Glair
Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: MACEDOINE:
  • Location: Upper centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: No. 4
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: H. Plattel.
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Chez Baugier R. du Croissant 16.
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Address
  • Text: Imp. d'Aubert & Cie.
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Capitaine ! je m'embête d'astiquer mon fusil sans immoler seulement un serin : je demande qu'on m'incorpore / dans les Mazagran qui se font là-bas une réputation de nom d'un chien, et qui fricassent des oreilles de Bédoins / qu'on dit qu'il n'y a rien de bon comme ça !
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title

Inscription present: inscribed in an oval

  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Embossed
  • Type: Stamp

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1260-1991
Primary reference Number: 25479
Béraldi: p.17
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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