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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26244
People
Rodolphe Bresdin, French (La Fresne, France 1822 - 1885 Sèvres, France)
Title
Frontispiece to a Book of Fables (First Version)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1868
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/54058

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph printed in black ink with a tan background tint stone
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
design: 25 x 21 cm (9 13/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: RoDolphe Bresdin inv. et fecit [in stone]
  • inscription: yes, below and within design, black ink, lithograph, signed, in artist's hand: signature, date, evocation, publisher's excudit, etc. etc.: the usual Bresdin fantastical melange
  • inscription: lower right corner, graphute, hand written: identification of publication locale: Bordeaux

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
V.G. 122

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of David P. Becker
Accession Year
2004
Object Number
M26244
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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