book of prints; print

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Object Type: book of prints; print
Museum number: 1894,0507.1.1-83
Description: 'Scènes militaires et sujets variés dessinés par Raffet' 1825-1830; containing 83 lithographs by Raffet showing scenes of military and daily life, each plate signed by Raffet by many printers/publishers, most of them with title below, a thin sheet before each image. Bound in brown leather with gold tooled title on cover within bilnd tooled frame, raised bands, gilded egdes and embossed endpapers with arabesques, bookplate of John Deffett Francis on inside cover. Lithograph on chine collé
Producer name: Print made by: Auguste Raffet; Printed by: V Ratier; Printed by: Villain; Printed by: Aloys Senefelder (?); Printed by: Auguste Bry; Published by: Frérot; Published by: Gihaut Frères; Published by: Moyon; Published by: J. Chabert; Published by: Thomas McLean; Published by: Charles Tilt
School/style: French; British
Production date: 1825-1830
Production place: Published in: London (England); Published in: Paris (France)
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Dimensions: Height: 252 millimetres (approx. sheet size of each page); Width: 335 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Plates not in Giacomelli(?): "Les moins forts!... sont les plus traitres"; sketches including a woman reading a book in church; untitled image showing an angel holding books. Cataloguing supported by the Elizabeth Cayzer Charitable Trust
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: military; daily life; child
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Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1894,0507.1.1-83

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