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Louis XVII

Maker

After
(artist)
1803-1874

Jean Baptiste Meunier (engraver)
1821-1900

Title

Louis XVII

Date of Production

(c.) 1858

Medium

engraving and etching
printed in black

Dimensions

Height: 31.5 cm
Width: 23.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.8391

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords






Provenance

Provenance: H. J. Cornish Collection; acquired by Hampstead Public Library (by 1928); transferred to the Courtauld Institute of Art, Witt Library in 1966; transferred to the Courtauld Gallery from the Witt Library in 1990.

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: below the image, lower left edge, black ink: “BARON WAPPERS, PINXT. //”; lower right edge, black ink: “I. B. MEUNIER, SCULPT. //”; lower centre, black ink: “LOUIS XVII. / FROM THE PICTURE IN THE GALLERY OF THE KING OF THE BELGIANS. //”.

Stamp: ILLUSTRATION : EX. CORNISH COLL. / ACQUIRED BY HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARY, 1928; PRESENTED TO WITT / LIBRARY, 1966 //

Stamp: M //

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