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Object Type
print
Museum number
1925,0406.209
Title
Object:
Calais | vue prise a l'entrée de la jetée
Series:
Excursions sur les côtes et dans les ports de France de Dunkerque au Havre
Description
View of jetty in Calais harbour, seen from the water, fishermen pulling net in to ashore boats in the right foreground, a monument on the left jetty, towers in the background; after Bonington (Noon 71); open-letter state. c.1823 Aquatint with etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Richard Gilson Reeve
After:
Richard Parkes Bonington
Printed by:
Dumont
Published by:
Jean Fréderic Ostervald jeune
School/style
British
French
Production date
1823
(circa)
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
aquatint
etching
Dimensions
Height:
299 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
375 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
See 1859,0312.382 for comment on the series.
Bibliographic references
Abbey Travel / Travel in Aquatint and lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R.Abbey
(92)
(undescribed)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
harbour/port
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
Calais
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Herbert William Underdown
Acquisition date
1925
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1925,0406.209