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- Museum number
- 1958,0712.2589
- Title
- Object: Les Lutteurs des Alpes
- Description
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A group of four wrestlers acting in front of a cottage, surrounded by peasants, mountains and a clouded sky in the background; within a wash border
Aquatint with hand-colouring
- Production date
- 1810-1826 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 198 millimetres (trimmed)
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Width: 276 millimetres (trimmed)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The signature appears to read 'F.Volz' but this is more likely to be after Johann Michael Voltz, than his son Friedrich Voltz (b.1817) because the engraver, Staub, died in 1826.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1958
- Acquisition notes
- UNDER THE TERMS OF THE BEQUEST, NONE OF THE PRINTS OR DRAWINGS BEQUEATHED BY R. W. LLOYD MAY BE LENT OUTSIDE THE BRITISH MUSEUM (Registration Numbers 1958,0712.318 to 3149).
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1958,0712.2589
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 2186 (Lloyd Number)