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Comme ils se sont amusés... avec leur sot roman!: P.2347-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Comme ils se sont amusés... avec leur sot roman!
Paris le soir

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gavarni, Paul
Printer: Aubert
Publisher: Bauger

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 1841

Note

II/IV. Published in 'Le Charivari', 15 March 1841.

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of wove paper
Image Height 200 mm Width 157 mm
Sheet Height 363 mm Width 235 mm
Verso

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: PARIS LE SOIR.
  • Location: Upper centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: 20.
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: 40-103 [reversed]
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: par Gavarni.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Chez Bauger & Cie, R. du Croissant, 16.
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Imp. d' Aubert & Cie.
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Comme ils se sont amusés ... avec leur sot roman! ... au lieu de venir avec / moi à la Comédie Française, ils auraient vu Georges Dandin, les nigauds!
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2347-1991
Primary reference Number: 95675
Armelhaut/Bocher: 931 II/IV
BN Inventaire (19thC): 229 (20)
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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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