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The Admiralty (Fictions and wishes)

The Admiralty (Fictions and wishes)
(Le Ministère de la Marine (Fictions et Voeux))
 1865
from Eaux-Fortes Modernes volume 3, 1865

Medium
etching and plate-tone
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Jacobus Francis van Breda and Helen Mary Cooley through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2024
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
etching and plate-tone
Measurements
16.5 × 14.6 cm (plate) 55.8 × 36.0 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Delteil 45 vi/vi; Delteil & Wright 45 vi/vi; Schneiderman 94 vii/vii
Edition
7th of 7 states
Printing/Publishing
printed by Auguste DELÂTRE (French 1822–1907), Paris; published by CADART & LUQUET (French, active 1863–1867), Paris (chopmark l.c.)
Inscription
printed in ink u.r.: 176
printed in ink l.l.: Meryon sculp. / Paris Publié par CADART et LUQUET, Editeurs, 79, Rue Richelieu
printed in ink l.c.: MINISTERE DE LA MARINE (Fictions et Voeux)
printed in ink l.c.: CM (monogram)/ (circle) / +
printed in ink l.r.: Imp. Delâtre, Rue St Jacques, 303, Paris
Accession Number
2024.718
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Jacobus Francis van Breda and Helen Mary Cooley through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2024
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

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