2023.24: The High School Friends at the Promenade

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2023.24

People

Pierre-Alexandre Wille, French (Paris 1748 - 1821 Paris)
Published by Aaron Martinet, French (1762 - 1841)

Title

The High School Friends at the Promenade

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Les Anciens Amis de Collège à la Promenade

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1815

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/379137

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Hand-colored etching on cream wove paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

image: 22.3 × 28.5 cm (8 3/4 × 11 1/4 in.)
sheet: 26.8 × 31.7 cm (10 9/16 × 12 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, lower left: P.A. Wille 1815
• inscription: in plate, top: Les Anciens Amis de collège à la Promenade
• inscription: in plate, below image: Douce et Sainte amitié tu vis leurs premiers jeux / Et tu seras témoin de leurs derniers adieux . . . . . . .
• inscription: in plate, lower left: A Paris chez Martinet, libraire, rue du Coq, no. 15
• inscription: in plate, lower right: Dép à la Don Génle
• (not assigned): graphite, verso, lower right corner: 38603

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Ruth Kelly, Ruby Lane Art & Antiques, Wilmington, Delaware], sold; to Dominique H. Vasseur, Oberlin, Ohio, 2018, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dominique H. Vasseur with admiration and in honor of Marjorie B. Cohn

Accession Year

2023

Object Number

2023.24

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Verification Level