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Object Type
Museum number: 2010,7081.7172
Title: Object: L'Arene de Taureaux a Séville
Description: View of an arena with a bullfight, watched by spectators, in a stadium with a tall collonnaded façade on the right and a view of a Cathedral rising behind the far side in the background; after Roberts. Mezzotint with etching
Producer name: Print made by: James G S Lucas; After: David Roberts; Published by: F Sinnett; Printed by: Chardon père; Printed by: J C Aze
School/style: British; French
Production date: 1820s-1840s (circa)
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique: mezzotint; etching
Dimensions: Height: 293 millimetres; Width: 336 millimetres
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Curator's comments: Possibly a republished state, since Sinnet is recorded as publishing in the 1840s, whereas Chardon ainé is recorded as printing in the 1820s.
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Seville (city)
Acquisition name
Funder name: With contribution from: National Heritage Memorial Fund; With contribution from: Art Fund; With contribution from: British Museum Friends; With contribution from: Friends of Prints and Drawings; With contribution from: Mrs Charles Wrightsman; With contribution from: Michael Marks Charitable Trust
Acquisition date: 2010
Acquisition notes: Acquired with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Friends of the British Museum, the Art Fund, Mrs Charles Wrightsman, the Michael Marks Charitable Trust, and numerous individual donors.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 2010,7081.7172

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