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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2018.155
People
Jean Ignace Isidore, called Grandville, French (Nancy, France 1803 - 1847 Vanves, France)
Printed by Aubert & Cie., French
Title
The Prince and Princess Presented at Court
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Voyage moral et pittoresque du Prince Kamchaka…
Original Language Title: Le prince et la princesse se présentent à la cour
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1839
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/361420

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph printed in two colors, with additional hand-coloring, on dark cream wove paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
image: 15.8 × 17.4 cm (6 1/4 × 6 7/8 in.)
sheet: 36 × 24.5 cm (14 3/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, in stone: J.J. Granville
  • inscription: top of sheet, in stone: Voyage Moral et Pittoresque / du Prince Kamchaka, en compagne de son neveu le Prince Ouistil et de la Princesse Sandarac son epouse
  • inscription: upper right, in stone: 2.
  • inscription: below image, in stone: Le Prince et la Princesse se présentent à la cour, mais le Roi étant absent, ils sont recus [sic] par des valets et son fauteuil, au pied duquel (ou desquels) ils déposent leurs hommages respectueux consistant en une magnifique corne de Rhinocéros, une superbe queue de Renard, une ravissante nois de Coco, et autres produits d'une grande valeur.
  • inscription: lower left, in stone, below framing lines: Imp. d'Aubert & Cie.
  • inscription: lower right, in stone, below framing lines: Chez BAuger R. du Coissant 16.

Provenance

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

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
2018.155
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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