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Object Type
print
Museum number
1856,0712.520
Title
Object:
Port de mer
Series:
Musée Français
Description
Harbour scene, after Joseph Vernet, with figures, cannons and bags of goods on the dock in the right foreground, an anchor lying nearby, at centre an angler and a dog on a rock; beyond at centre left, some men unloading a small boat; in the background, a ship at centre, and a tower on the right. c.1803/09 Etching and engraving
Producer name
After:
Joseph Vernet
Print made by:
Jérôme Paris
(etching)
Print made by:
François Jacques Dequevauviller
(engraving)
Intermediary draughtsman:
Jean Jacques François Taurel
School/style
French
Production date
1803-1809
(circa)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
etching
Dimensions
Height:
316 millimetres
Width:
428 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
From "Musée français", see 1875,0410.469 for comment on the set.
Bibliographic references
Arlaud 1976 / Catalogue raisonné des estampes gravées d'après Joseph Vernet
(145)
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(14-15)
(Dequevauviller; Après 1800)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
harbour/port
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Dulau & Co
Acquisition date
1856
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1856,0712.520