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Reims en ruines

Print
1920 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate depicting the ruins of the cathedral of Rheims.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleReims en ruines (series title)
Materials and techniques
Etching and aquatint
Brief description
Print, from a portfolio of plates (10, and title-plate on cover) showing damage sustained by the Cathedral of Rheims during the First World War. Etching and aquatint by Raoul Varin, printed by Vernant & Dolleé and published by Pommery & Greno, 1920.
Physical description
Plate depicting the ruins of the cathedral of Rheims.
Dimensions
  • Average size of plates in set height: 39.4cm
  • Average size of plates in set width: 27.9cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
'R. Varin' (Signed)
Credit line
Given by Miss Elizabeth F. T. Frere
Object history
This plate was issued as part of a portfolio of plates entitled 'Reims un reuines'; the set was printed by Vernant & Dollé, Paris, and was issued as a presentation copy by Pommery & Greno Ltd. in London, 1920.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.779-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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