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Sauve qui peut!: P.252-1991

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Sauve qui peut!
malheureux qui est pris.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raffet, Auguste
Printer: Gihaut, Jean François

Entities

Categories

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 1833

Note

Part of an album (1833)

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of wove paper
Image Height 243 mm Width 279 mm
Sheet Height 255 mm Width 326 mm

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Raffet
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: SAUVE QUI PEUT!
  • Location: Lower middle
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: malheureux qui est pris.
  • Location: Lower middle
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: Lith. de Gihaut fréres èditeurs,
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Boulevard des Italiens No. 5.
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Address
  • Text: 11.
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.252-1991
Primary reference Number: 98652
Béraldi: No. 11, 364-376 (p.94)

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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