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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1900,1231.4310
Title
Object:
Le Calendrier des Vieillards
Series:
Contes
Description
Plate 25; Richard de Quinzica standing by his wife, who lies grief-stricken on her bed, and pointing at the calendar he is holding. September 1830 Hand-coloured lithograph with gum arabic
Producer name
Print made by:
Achille Devéria
Printed by:
E Ardit
Published by:
E Ardit
Published by:
Godefroy Engelmann I
School/style
French
Production date
September 1830
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
lithograph
hand-coloured
Dimensions
Height:
210 millimetres
(printed area)
Width:
140 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
This print was listed in the 'Bibliographie de la France' for 4 September 1830 (no.935)
Bibliographic references
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(VI, p.497, n.127)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Illustration to:
Jean de La Fontaine
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Contes de La Fontaine
Associated Title:
Le Calendrier des Vieillards
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Henry Spencer Ashbee
Acquisition date
1900
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1900,1231.4310