print; book of prints

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Object Type: print; book of prints
Museum number: 1951,0801.8.1-13
Description: A book of 13 hand-coloured lithographs depicting various Russian, French, English, Swedish, Egyptian and Turkish royal or imperial leaders in military regalia on horseback. Each surrounded by fictive frames, often composed of martial elements. Bound in green silk album with gold-tooled "A" and coronet. Hand-coloured lithographs
Producer name: Print made by: Victor Adam; Published by: Tessari; Printed by: A Fourquemin
School/style
Production date: 1837 (c.)
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique: lithograph; colour
Dimensions: Height: 505 millimetres (sheet size of each page); Width: 373 millimetres
Curator's comments: Other equestrian lithographs by Adam are kept loose elsehwere in the collection.
Location: Not on display
Subjects: king/queen; war; equestrian; soldier
Associated names: Portrait of: Alexander II, Tsar of Russia; Portrait of: Prince Louis d'Orléans, Duc de Nemours; Associated with: Queen Victoria; Portrait of: Albert, Prince Consort; Portrait of: Baldomero Espartero, Prince of Vergara; Portrait of: Ferdinand Philippe, duc d'Orléans; Portrait of: Muhammad 'Ali; Portrait of: Henri IV, King of France and Navarre; Portrait of: François I, King of France; Portrait of: Catherine II, Empress of Russia; Portrait of: Karl XII, King of Sweden; Portrait of: Abdulmecid I
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1951
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1951,0801.8.1-13

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