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Object Type
print
Museum number
1869,0410.79
Title
Object:
Voila encore un duel faut plumer les canards!
Series:
Album lithographique par Charlet (1825)
Description
An innkeeper leaning out of his window urges two boys to pluck ducks in preparation for a duel however, the duellists are already in each others arms in the background; two witnesses wearing top hats accompany them. 1825 Lithograph
Producer name
Print made by:
Nicolas Toussaint Charlet
Printed by:
Villain
School/style
French
Production date
1825
Production place
Printed in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
lithograph
Dimensions
Height:
144 millimetres
(image)
Height:
266 millimetres
(sheet)
Width:
183 millimetres
Width:
360 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
La Combe states that this was part of an album published in 1825;
Bibliographic references
La Combe 1856 / Charlet, sa vie, ses lettres, suivi d'une description raisonné de son oeuvre lithographique
(606)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
duel
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
José de Salamanca y Mayol, Marquis of Salamanca
Purchased through:
Sotheby's
(24-7.ii.1869/196)
Purchased through:
Colnaghi
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
José de Madrazo
Acquisition date
1869
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1869,0410.79