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Object Type
print
Museum number
1863,0725.366
Title
Series:
Croquis pour l'amusement des enfants
Description
Plate 7: four sketches showing, from left to right and top to bottom, a group of boy distracting a hot chestnut sellers whilst two of them steal the seller's wares; a boy carrying a portfolio reading 'Raffet' shows some prints to another; a battle, with infantrymen charging; a Syrian cavalryman, in profile to the right. 1828 Lithograph
Producer name
Print made by:
Auguste Raffet
Printed by:
Villain
Published by:
Gihaut Frères
Published by:
Thomas McLean
School/style
French
Production date
1828
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
lithograph
Dimensions
Height:
220 millimetres
(image only; widest extent)
Width:
295 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
See 1863,0725.362 for comment on series.
Bibliographic references
Giacomelli / Raffet, son oeuvre lithographique et ses eaux-fortes, suivi de la bibliographie complète illustrés de vignettes d'après ses dessins
(303)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
child
soldier
street-trader
cavalry
battle
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
John Kalergi
Purchased through:
Sotheby's
(24-5.vii.1863)
Purchased through:
Edward Daniell
Acquisition date
1863
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1863,0725.366