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Tombeau de Jean-Jacques Rousseau: P.2218-1991

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Tombeau de Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Translated as: Tomb of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Moreau, Jean Michel the younger

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: A Chariatte (early 20th century) (Lugt 88a)

Legal notes

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

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

1770s
Production date: AD 1778

Note

IV/V.

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 255 mm Width 342 mm
Sheet Height 255 mm Width 342 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: TOMBEAU DE JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: Vue de l'Isle des Peupliers, dite l'Elisée, partie des Jardins d'Ermenonville, / dans laquelle J.J. Rousseau, mort à l' age de 66, ans, a été enterré le 4. Juillet 1778.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Deßiné d'après Nature et gravé en 1778, par J. M. Moreau le Jne Deßinatr. et Gravr. du Cabinet du Roi.
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription and signature
  • Text: A.P.D.R.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: A Paris chés l'Auteur au Palais, Cour du Mai, Hôtel de la Trésorerie -
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Inscription present: initials in a rectangle

  • Text: AC
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Stamped red ink
  • Type: Collector's mark

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2218-1991
Primary reference Number: 95406
Bocher (Moreau): 257 IV/V
Lugt: 88a

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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