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Object Type
Museum number: 1930,0414.287
Title: Object: Un Paradis (Upper balcony); Series: Galerie théâtrale
Description: Plate 9: skirmish in the upper balcony ('the Gods') of a theatre, one man brandishing a stick, a woman tryiing to appease him, another man with his leg over the edge of the balcony. c 1828 Hand-coloured lithograph
Producer name: Print made by: Henry Monnier; Printed by: Henri Gaugain; Published by: Henri Gaugain; Published by: E Ardit
School/style
Production date: 1828 (circa)
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique: lithograph; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 129 millimetres (image); Width: 160 millimetres (image)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: This lithograph is part of a set of twenty four numbered plates. The set is dated circa 1828 by Marie, but is undated in Béraldi and Champfleury. The BM volume is complete and includes the original paper covers. The front cover is the titlepage. For further information, see 1930,0414.279.
Bibliographic references: Beraldi 1885-92 / Les Graveurs du dix-neuvième siècle (397-421); Champfleury 1879 / Henry Monnier. Sa vie, son oeuvre avec un catalogue complet de l'oeuvre (p.332); Marie 1931 / Henri Monnier (1799-1877) (275-295)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: french costume 19thc; theatre/theatrical life; theatre/opera house; interior
Associated places: Associated with: Paris
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1930
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1930,0414.287

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