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Object Type
print
Museum number
1925,1214.35
Title
Object:
Decrès
Description
Portrait of Denis Decrès, half-length directed to front, looking to the right, wearing ceremonial uniform with sash and cape with badge of the Legion of Honour Lithograph
Producer name
Print made by:
Antoine Maurin dit l'aîné
Printed by:
Grégoire & Deneux
Published by:
Rosselin
School/style
French
Production date
1840-1860
(circa)
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Printed in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
lithograph
Dimensions
Height:
107 millimetres
(image)
Width:
107 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Denis Decrès
Acquisition name
Donated by:
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford
(L.1685c)
Acquisition date
1925
Acquisition notes
1925,1214.4 to 140 consists of portraits of Napoleonic generals and other such persons. The prints all come from the collection of the donor's father, and the gift consists of lots bought in at the sale of that collection at Sotheby's 1/2 December 1925.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1925,1214.35