print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 2019,7015.138
- Title
- Object: 'Tristan et Iseult: Acte II; signal dans la nuit'; (Tristian and Iseult: Act II; signal at night.)
- Description
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Isolde, almost seen from behind, waves the veil she is holding in her left hand; in the right hand she holds a burning torch; scene from Wagner's opera 'Tristan and Isolde' and illustration to Jullien's 'Richard Wagner, sa vie et ses oeuvres' (Paris: Librairie de l'Art, 1886). 1886
Lithograph.
- Production date
- 1886
- Dimensions
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Height: 223 millimetres (Printed area)
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Height: 311 millimetres (Sheet measurement)
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Width: 147 millimetres (Printed area)
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Width: 218 millimetres (Sheet measurement)
- Curator's comments
- For an impression signed by Fantin-Latour in the British Museum's collection see 1899,0420.175.
An impression of this print is listed as number 75 in Elizabeth Harvey-Lee's sale catalogue 'The Romantic Eye.'
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- In mount but not attached. Foxed around edges
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Richard Wagner, sa vie et ses oeuvres
- Acquisition date
- 2019
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired in a cardboard mount annotated in John Christian's handwriting: "2 lithographs by Fantin-Latour."
This suggests that the print was stored and/ or acquired with 2019,7015.137.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 2019,7015.138