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Les Quatre Sergents de la Rochelle

Print
ca.1822 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Etching signed 'Raffet del.' Inscribed with title and 'Place de Greve, 21 Septembre, 1822 à 5h 30m.'


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • Les Quatre Sergents de la Rochelle (assigned by artist)
  • [The Four Sargeants of La Rochelle] (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Brief description
'Les Quatre Sergents de la Rochelle.' [The Four Sargeants of La Rochelle] Plate to 'Histoire de France', by l'Abbé de Mongaillard, Paris, 1836. Engraved by an un-identified artist after Raffet. Inscribed with the title and the date, 21st September 1822.
Physical description
Etching signed 'Raffet del.' Inscribed with title and 'Place de Greve, 21 Septembre, 1822 à 5h 30m.'
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.2cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968. London: HMSO, 1969.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Raffet del.' (Signed)
  • 'Place de Greve, 21 Septembre, 1822 à 5h 30m.' (Inscribed with title and)
Object history
For the history of the plates of which this is one, see Giacomelli, p.282 [Giacomelli, H. 'Raffet, Son Oeuvre Lithographique, et Ses Eaux-fortes.' Paris, 1862.]
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969.
Collection
Accession number
E.795-1968

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