Title(s):
Le cochet, le chat et le souriceau: fable CVIII Fables choisies mise en vers
Maker(s):
Chedel, Pierre Quentin; printmaker; French artist, 1705-1763
Oudry, Jean-Baptiste; draughtsman; after; French artist, 1686-1755
Category:
Name:
print
Date:
1755 — 1759
School/Style:
French
Production
Note:
Illustration to Jean de La Fontaine, 'Fables choisies mise en vers'.
Technique:
etching
Material(s):
black carbon ink; medium
laid paper; support
Dimension(s):
height, plate, 305, mm
width, plate, 226, mm
height, sheet, 331, mm
width, sheet, 245, mm
Acquisition:
bequeathed; 1991; Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Notes:
Illustration to Jean de La Fontaine, 'Fables choisies mise en vers', Paris, Desaint et Saillant, 1755-59, 4 vols.
Acquisition Credit:
Bequest of Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Inscription(s):
signature; image lower right; printed; CHEDEL. sc.
title; plate lower centre, on plaque; printed; LE COCHET, LE CHAT, ET LE SOURICEAU. Fable CVIII.
signature; plate lower left; printed; J. B. Oudry inv.
signature; plate lower right; printed; Chedel sculp.
inscription; verso; graphite; Quintin Pierre Chedel / 18th century
Alternative
Number:
BN Inventaire (18thC); 113
Accession:
Object Number: P.2170-1991
(Paintings, Drawings and Prints)
(record id: 95271; input: 2003-09-24; modified: 2003-09-24)
Permanent
Identifier:
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