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print
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book-illustration
Object Type
print
book-illustration
Museum number
1899,0420.175
Description
'Tristan et Iseult: Acte II; signal dans la nuit'; Isolde, almost seen from behind, waves the veil she is holding in her left hand; in the right hand she holds a burning torch; scene from Wagner's opera 'Tristan and Isolde' and illustration to Jullien's 'Richard Wagner, sa vie et ses oeuvres' (Paris: Librairie de l'Art, 1886); signed proof. 1886 Lithograph, on thin paper
Producer name
Print made by:
Henri Fantin-Latour
School/style
French
Production date
1886
Materials
paper
Technique
lithograph
Dimensions
Height:
222 millimetres
(image size)
Width:
147 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
See 1899,0420.169.
Bibliographic references
Hédiard 1906 / Fantin-Latour: Catalogue de l'oeuvre lithographie du Maître
(67)
Fantin-Latour 1911 / Catalogue de l'Oeuvre Complet de Fantin-Latour
(1289)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Illustration to:
Adolphe Jullien
Illustration to:
Richard Wagner
Representation of:
Isolde
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Richard Wagner, sa Vie et ses Oeuvres
(1886)
Associated Title:
Tristan and Isolde
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Henri Fantin-Latour
Acquisition date
1899
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1899,0420.175