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Costume Plate

c.1855 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hand-coloured lithograph showing a soldier and a cantinière, the soldier holding aloft a small child.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured lithograph
Brief description
Fortune, after Hippolyte Lalaisse. Soldier and cantinière (aka vivandière) of the French Army with a small child, 1850s. Hand-coloured lithograph. French.
Physical description
Hand-coloured lithograph showing a soldier and a cantinière, the soldier holding aloft a small child.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.5in
  • Width: 8in
Credit line
Given by Mrs Gabrielle Enthoven OBE
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1938. London: The Board of Education, 1939.
Collection
Accession number
E.2871-1938

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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