- Museum number
- 1858,0611.258-319
- Description
-
'Croquis par divers Artistes' or 'Livre de Croquis' (Paris, Rittner; London, Charles Tilt) 1830; containing series of 62 plates numbered from 1 to 61 (including 60 bis) by various lithographers including Decamps, Mozin, Isabey, Lepoittevin, Charlet, Bellangé, Lami and Gavarni, showing sketches of daily life, animals, figures and boats, each plate within a simple rectangular border. Bound in green cloth with gold embossed lettering on spine and cover.
Lithograph on chine-collé
- Production date
- 1830 (c)
- Dimensions
-
Height: 247 millimetres (approx. sheet size of each page)
-
Width: 315 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
-
- Curator's comments
- See 1875,0612.66 for another impression of plate No 4; 1886,1012.202 for plate 19; and 1875,0612.67 for plate 58.
This is a set of 72 lithographs, of which plates 1 to 61 (including 60 bis) are bound together in this volume.
In this volume there are 4 plates by Charlet (no 1-2, 37-8), 3 by Lami (no 30, 60 bis, 61), 1 by Tassaert (no 59), 1 by Tirpenne (no 47), 6 by Lepoittevin (no 15-6, 25-6, 41-2), 1 by Roqueplan (no 12), 4 by Bellangé (no 9-10, 17-18), 10 by Mozin (no 7, 8, 21-4, 33-4, 43-4), 20 by Decamps (no 3-4, 19-20, 31-2, 35-6, 39-40, 45-6, 49-52, 55-8), 1 by Gavarni (no 60), 7 by Isabey (no 5-6, 13-14, 27-8, 53-4) and 4 by unknown artists (no 48 possibly by Tirpenne, No 11, 29 and 53).
IFF gives plates 43 and 44 by Isabey, but both plates have Mozin's name in this impression.
Cataloguing supported by the Elizabeth Cayzer Charitable Trust
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
-
Associated Title: Croquis par divers Artistes
-
Associated Title: Livre de Croquis
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1858,0611.258-319
