François-Séraphin Delpech
Tombeau de Salomon Gessner, élevé dans la promenade publique à Zurich

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Tombeau de Salomon Gessner, élevé dans la promenade publique à Zurich
  • from the series Vues de la Suisse
Date1822
MediumLithograph, printed chine collé on wove paper
DimensionsImage: 10 1/16 × 6 5/8 in. (25.6 × 16.9 cm)
Sheet: 13 9/16 × 12 1/16 in. (34.4 × 30.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Susan Schulman in honor of Dr. Dena M. Woodall
Object number2024.55
Non exposé

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, 1822; [Susan Schulman Printsellers, Inc., as of 2023]; given to MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition HistoryNone for this impression.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, in plate, center top edge: Vues de la Suisse.
Recto: Signed and dated in printed ink, in plate, left bottom edge: C. Bourgeois. 1822.
Recto: Titled in printed ink, in plate, center bottom edge: Tombeau de Salomon Gessner, / élevé dans la promenade publique a Zuric. [cursive]
Recto: Signed in printed ink, in plate, right bottom edge: G. [?] lith. de Delpech [cursive]
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, above plate, top left corner: [illegible]
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, above plate, top right corner: 208
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below plate, bottom right corner: [illegible]
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, lower center: 217 [?] / 15
Watermark: TBD
Catalogue raisonnéNone

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