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Le Dragon Bonenfant.: P.194-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Le Dragon Bonenfant.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bellangé, Joseph-Louis-Hippolyte
Printer: Gihaut, Jean François

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by 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 1829

Note

Part of an album from 1830

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of wove paper
Image Height 220 mm Width 169 mm
Sheet Height 262 mm Width 207 mm

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: I. [?]
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: h.te Bellangé. 1829
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: L Lith. de Gihault frères Editeurs
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Boulevard des staliens No. 5
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Address
  • Text: LE DRAGON BONENFANT.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: ou l'art de faire des tétes d'enfants par un procedé nouveaux....../....facile et ingemeux.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.194-1991
Primary reference Number: 98545
Béraldi: 4. Album pour 1830 No. 9
BN Inventaire (19thC): 59 No. 9
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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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