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Comme c'est attachant quand il l'enlève !: P.1348-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Comme c'est attachant quand il l'enlève !
Ce qu'on dit et ce qu'on pense

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Scheffer, Jean Gabriel
Printer: Delpech, Marie Marguerite Brigitte

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

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

Measurements and weight

Height: 374 mm
Width: 277 mm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Circa 1820 - 1830

Note

Plate 46 from the series Ce qu'on dit et ce qu'on pense, Petites scènes du monde, par Scheffer Gabriel, title-page & 60 lithographs.

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Coloured ink
Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 46.
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: J.S.
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Initials
  • Text: Imp. Lith. de Delpech.
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Comme c'est attachant quand il l'enlève !
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1348-1991
Primary reference Number: 26661
Béraldi: p.17

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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