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Bouleaux: P.1951-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Bouleaux
Translated as: Birch trees

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Calame, Alexandre
Printmaker: Ferogio, Fortuné
Printer: Cattier (Workshop of)

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequest of Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Place(s) associated

  • Paris

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1844

Note

Printed with a tint stone.

School or Style

Swiss

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of wove paper
Image Height 295 mm Width 378 mm
Sheet Height 433 mm Width 595 mm

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Bouleaux
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: A. Calame f
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Figures par Ferogio.
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Imp. Lith de Cattier à Paris
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: No. 15
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number

Inscription present: inscription in an oval

  • Text: GOUPIL & VIBERT / ÉDITEURS / À PARIS
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Embossed
  • Type: Publisher's mark
  • Text: R. JEANNIN / ÉDITEUR D' ESTAMPES / À PARIS
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Embossed
  • Type: Publisher's mark
  • Text: PARIS. GOUPIL et VIBERT, BT. MONTMARTRE. 15. et R. DE LANCRY. 7.
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: LONDON _ Published 1st. December 1844, by the ANAGLYPHIC COMPANY, 25, Berners St. Oxford St.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: PARIS. JEANNIN, PLACE DU LOUVRE. 20.
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: 1/-
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1951-1991
Primary reference Number: 94669
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 25 October 2021 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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