Les lettres de l'ancienne (Letters from the Former), plate 79 from the series "Les Étudians de Paris"

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Les lettres de l'ancienne (Letters from the Former), plate 79 from the series "Les Étudians de Paris"
Les lettres de l'ancienne (Letters from the Former), plate 79 from the series "Les Étudians de Paris"
Artist/Maker Paul Gavarni French, 1804 – 1866
Publisher Bauger & Cie French, 1830 – 1842
Printer Aubert & Cie. French, 1829 – c. 1899
Date1840
MediumLithograph on paper
DimensionsImage: 7 11/16 × 6 3/16 in. (19.5 × 15.7 cm) Composition: 10 7/8 × 7 7/16 in. (27.6 × 18.9 cm) Sheet: 13 11/16 × 10 7/16 in. (34.8 × 26.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of D. Roger Howlett, Class of 1966
Object number1988.14
Not on view
Collections
Published References"Acquisitions," Friends of Art Newsletter (vol. 1, no. 2). Clinton, NY: Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, February 1989.

Additional Details

Alternate Titles Les Étudians de Paris
Exhibition History 2005
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Hamilton Collects: A Century of Curiosities: The Story of the Hamilton College Collection," September 29 - December 30, 2005 (unnumbered cat.).
Provenance 1988: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of D. Roger Howlett.
Published References "Acquisitions," Friends of Art Newsletter (vol. 1, no. 2). Clinton, NY: Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, February 1989.
Signature Not signed.
Inscribed "Les Lettres de l'ancienne." at lower center in typeset; "LES ÉTUDIANS DE PARIS." at upper center in typeset; "Chez Bauger R dn Croissant 16." at lower left in typeset; "Imp d'Aubert & Cie" at lower right in typeset; "79" at upper right in typeset; "2281" at upper left in pencil; "2" at lower center in pencil.
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