Author(s):
devéria, achille (paris, 06–02–1800 - paris, 23–12–1857), designer
roqueplan, camille joseph etienne (mallemort, 18–02–1803 - paris, 29–09–1855), designer
gaugain, henri-armand pierre, printer
engelmann, graf, coindet et cie, printer
scott, walter (edinburgh), 15–08–1771 - abbotsford, 21–09–1832), man or woman of letters - writer
production date: in 1829
dating in century: 19th century
type(s) of object(s): print, graphic arts
name(s): print
materials and techniques: lithography
dimensions - artwork:
height: 22cm
width: 18. 8cm
description:
plate n°12
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
letter - on the front, at the top, printed in black ink: on the left: "the abbot"; in the center: "walter-scott"; on the right: "chap. Iv. ". On the front, at the bottom, printed in black ink: on the left: "devéria delt. "; on the right: "lith. Print by h. Gaugain". Under the text, printed in black ink, on the left: "in paris, at henry gaugain & comp° / rue vivienne n°2 and rue de vaugirard n°34"; in the center: "september 1829"; right: "london, by engelman, graff, coindet et comp° / st martins lane, leicester squarre". Inscription - under the image, two bilingual stanzas. On the left, in french: "roland could not disguise his fury, he / gritted his teeth; clenched his fists and / mechanically placed his hand on his dagger. ". Between the two stanzas: "n°12". On the right, in english: "his brow grew red; his lip grew pale; he set / his teeth; he denched his hand; and then with/ mechanical readineess grasped the weapon. "
number - on the front, top right, in pencil: "9. " (number from the visme collection by wegmann)
stamp - on the front, under the image, in the center: "carnavalet" (lugt 432d)
stamp - on the front, lower right, in black ink: "don de visme de wegmann" (lugt 2494b)
inventory number - on the reverse, lower left, in black ink: "g. 6. 228"
iconographic description:
church interior. On the right, the abbot is preaching, barefoot, arms raised, just in front of the queen seated on her throne. Roland, crouching on the left, prepares to stab the abbot. Faithful. Renaissance costumes. Historical commentary:
the designers achille devéria and camille roqueplan have sometimes published their works together, notably in the illustrations of walter scott. Mode of acquisition: donation (notarial deed)
name of donor, testator, seller: visme de wegmann, alice-marguerite de
date of acquisition: 1938
institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris
inventory number: g. 6228
part of:
illustrations by walter scott. Date: En 1829.
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