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Causerie: P.1290-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Causerie

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Robaut, Alfred
Designer: Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest (After)
Printer: Robaut, Alfred

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

Production date: AD 1851 : After a drawing dated 1851.

Note

Fac-simile of a drawing by Meissonier.

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of chine collé
Image Height 151 mm Width 117 mm
Sheet Height 457 mm Width 338 mm

Techniques used in production

Photogravure

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: E. MEISSONIER.
  • Location: Upper centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

Inscription present: printed in reverse

  • Text: ME
  • Location: Image lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: 1851
  • Location: Image lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Date
  • Text: Fac-Simile Alf. Robaut
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Text: Imp. Alf. Robaut, Douai
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Je fais mes compliments à Monsieur / Robaut, cette reproduction de mon / croquis est d'une parfaite exactitude / et aussi satisfaisante que possible / Meissonier
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed

Inscription present: inscribed in a square

  • Text: FAC-SIMILE / DE / DESSINS MODERNES / PAR / ALFRED ROBAUT
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Embossed
  • Type: Stamp

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1290-1991
Primary reference Number: 25973
Béraldi: 229
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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