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Locuste essaie en presence de Neron le poison prepare pour Britannicus

Maker

After
Joseph Noel Sylvestre (artist)
1847-1926

Albert Ludovic Paul Emile Antony Duvivier (draughtsman)
1842-1900

Burn Smeeton (wood engraver)
1840-1870

Auguste Tilly (wood engraver)
died 1898

(printer)
1806-1886

(printer)
1850-1930

Title

Locuste essaie en presence de Neron le poison prepare pour Britannicus

Date of Production

1876

Medium

wood engraving
printed in black

Dimensions

Height: 26.6 cm
Width: 33 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.8597

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.

Literature

Bibliotheque Nationale, Departement des Estampes, Inventaire du Fonds Francais, apres 1800 (IFF), Paris 1930-1967
vol. 7, p. 302, no. 12

Inscriptions

Inscription: SALON DE 1876. //

Inscription: A. DUVIVIER DEL //

Inscription: LOCUSTE ESSAIE EN PRÉSENCE DE NÉRON LE POISON PRÉPARÉ POUR BRITANNICUS. / (Prix du Salon.) / Dessin du DUVIVIER, d'après le tableau de JOSEPH SYLVESTRE; gravure de SMEETON et TILLY. //

Inscription: L'ART. //

Inscription: Imp. J. CLAYE. (A. QUANTIN, S.) //

Stamp: M //

Stamp: Witt / Library 1979 //

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

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