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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2018.152
People
Eugéne Hippolyte Forest, French (Strasbourg, France 1808 - 1891)
After Jean Ignace Isidore, called Grandville, French (Nancy, France 1803 - 1847 Vanves, France)
Printed by Gabriel Aubert
Title
The Candidates
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Les Candidats
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1838-43
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/361414

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph on off-white wove paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
image: 17.2 × 23.8 cm (6 3/4 × 9 3/8 in.)
sheet: 24.6 × 35.2 cm (9 11/16 × 13 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower left: J.J. Grandville delt. / Eug. Forest lith
  • inscription: in stone, above image, center: La Caricature.
  • inscription: in stone, above image, upper right: 18
  • inscription: in plate, below image, lower left: Imp. d'Aubert & Cie.
  • inscription: in plate, below image, center: Les Candidats.
  • inscription: below image, in plate: left: Votre Mari est mon meilleur / ami je compte sur lui...; middle left: Souvenez-vous dema / profession de foi....; middle: Oui, Oui, Oui, Oui, / Oui, Oui, Oui, ....; middle right: Adieu je compte sur / votre parole!.....; right: Vous savez ce que je pense / vous êtes pour moi.....

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Carolyn Cohen, bequest; to Marjorie B. and Martin Cohn, 2018, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 2018

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Béraldi vol. VII, no. 18

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Marjorie B. and Martin Cohn from the collection of Carolyn Cohen
Accession Year
2018
Object Number
2018.152
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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