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Signor Sinibaldi from Agaccio: PD.15-1954

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Signor Sinibaldi from Agaccio

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Blackwell, Boniface

Entities

Categories

Measurements and weight

Height: 120 mm
Width: 120 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1954) by Anonymous

Dating

Production date: AD 1845-08-31

School or Style

English

Materials used in production

Ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Pen and ink : Pen and ink on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Sinibaldi
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 31 Augusto 1845
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Type: Date

Inscription present: In the same hand as below.

  • Text: Boniface Blackwell
  • Location: Below the drawing
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Inscription present: In the same hand as above

  • Text: * Signior Sinibaldi [from Agaccio] of the Buonoparte family, dined here with / my nephew Frederick - who with young Napoleon, [Son of Gerome - app Embassador to England Dec. 1848], nephew of / Napoleon the Emperor were driven back by a storm to the great / western railway [station at Hanwell] [On which occasion they had visited the Asylum, when one of the Patients / without knowing who he was, [Prince Charles Napolean Buonaparte] put this question to him "Who is/ Emperor of France now?! (underlined) - excited probably by his resemblance to / Napoleon (Oct 11 1846)] when on their way to this place:- soon after / which the [new] great French Re-Revolution occurred which has put / Louis Napoleon Buonapoarte on the Presidential Throne of the Republic. / Dec 18 1848
  • Location: Below the drawing
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.15-1954
Primary reference Number: 7866
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 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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