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De quoi vous plaignez-vous?: P.244-1991

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Titles

De quoi vous plaignez-vous?
...L'ennemi menace La France, vous vous élancez, il est foudroyé! Les peuples gémissent dans l'esclavage, ils vous tendent les bras, et vous les affranchissez du joung qui les opprime!!!... Le drapeaux tricolore couvre de ses plis généreux les capitales conquises par vous!!! et vous vous plaignez? quand il n'est pas un mortel qui ne vous porte envie!...

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raffet, Auguste
Printer: Gihaut, Jean François

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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

1830s
Production date: AD 1836

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of wove paper
Image Height 211 mm Width 252 mm
Sheet Height 275 mm Width 389 mm

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Raffet
  • Location: Image lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: DE QUOI VOUS PLAIGNEZ-VOUS?
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: ...L'ennemi menace La France, vous vous élancez, il est foudroyé! Les peuples gémissent dans l'esclavage, ils vous tendent les bras, et vous les affranchissez du joung qui les opprime!!!... Le drapeaux/ tricolore couvre de ses plis généreux les capitales conquises par vous!!! et vous vous plaignez? quand il n'est pas un mortel qui ne vous porte envie!...
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: Lith. de Gihaut frères, Editeurs,
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Boulevard des Italiens, No. 5, Paris.
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Address
  • Text: 4
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.244-1991
Primary reference Number: 98639
Béraldi: No. 4, 403-416 (p.95)

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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