Author(s):
béjot, eugène (paris, 31–08–1867 - paris, 28–02–1931), engraver
mayor, a, printer
lahure (firm), printer
society for the propagation of art books, publisher
other title: from the 1st to the 20th, les arrondissements de paris, 1903, edition nº284. (title of the set)
production date: in 1903
dating in century: 19th century
type(s) of object(s): print, graphic arts
name(s): print
materials and techniques: etching
dimensions - artwork:
height: 15. 7cm
width: 25cm
dimensions - original assembly:
height: 24. 7cm
width: 32. 4cm
dimensions - museum assembly:
height: 40cm
width: 50cm
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
inscription concerning the author - on the front of the sheet, on the engraving, lower right, printed in ink: "eug béjot 1902 - / quai de javel. Paris"
stamp - on the front of the sheet, on the engraving at the bottom left, oval stamp in black ink (hardly legible): "ville / de / paris" (cf. Lugt suppl. 2012c)
inventory number - on the back of the sheet, lower left, handwritten in black ink: "g 21849. "
iconographic description:
quai de javel, former auteuil viaduct, seen from quai d'auteuil, pont-du-jour viaduct. Port and industrial activity. Seine, fisherman, bank, boat, shed, barge, construction site, factory, chimney
historical commentary:
engraving from the album: "from the 1st to the 20th, the arrondissements of paris", 1902-1903, pref. By j. Claretie. Edition nº284, copy not intended for commerce, printed for the library of the carnavalet museum. Album dismantled. Pages of text printed by lahure, 9 rue de fleurus (béjot ii cardboard). Engraving presenting the fourth state out of 4. Viaduct bombed in 1943, cf. J. Hillairet, historical dictionary of the streets of paris, volume 1, p. 123. Acquisition method: manual donation
name of donor, testator, seller: society for the propagation of art books
date of acquisition: 06–07–1903
institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris
inventory number: g. 21849
part of:
from the 1st to the 20th, the arrondissements of paris. Date: En 1903.
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