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Batterie No.9: P.240-1991

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Titles

Batterie No.9
Destinée à faire brèche à la face gauche du Bastion 7, construite et servie par la 12ème Batterie du 5ème Régiment, Capitaine Rochebouet. (Siège de Rome, 20 juin 1849)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raffet, Auguste
Printer: Gihaut, Jean François
Publisher: Bry, Auguste

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Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

1850s
Production date: AD 1859

Note

Part of the series Expédition et Siége de Rome. 1850-59 (Gihaut).

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Light brown ink
Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of India paper
Image Height 296 mm Width 425 mm
Sheet Height 317 mm Width 486 mm

Techniques used in production

Colour lithography
Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Raffet
  • Location: Image lower middle
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

Inscription present: with Raffets signature.

  • Text: San Donato 15 février 1859
  • Location: Image lower middle
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: 26.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: ARTILLEURS
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: Destinée à faire brèche à la face gauche du Bastion 7, construite et servie par la 12ème Batterie du 5ème Régiment, Capitaine ROCHEBOUET./ (Siège de Rome, 20 juin 1849)
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: Paris, Gihaut, éditeur, Boulevart des Italiens, 9.
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Imprimé par Auguste Bry, rue du Bac, 114, Paris
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.240-1991
Primary reference Number: 98630
Béraldi: No. 26, 557-593 (p.98)

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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