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Carle Vernet

The Aging Lion,

Maker

  • Godefroy Engelmann
  • Carle Vernet

Title

The Aging Lion

Medium

lithograph

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • lithograph

Techniques

  • lithograph

Supports

  • medium weight cream wove paper

Dimensions

19 x 24.1 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Verso:in pencil, LL:Beraldi XII 206 414-477; in LC:Carle Vernet/1758-1836In Plate--Above image, UR:P.21.; signed, LR of image:Carle Vernet; below image, right:Lith. de G:Engelmann; below image, center:Le Lion devenu vieux.

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Professor Alan S. Trueblood

Object Number

84.242.37

The Aging Lion
Suite de Compositions pour les fable de La Fontaine

Original--Verso:in pencil, LL:Beraldi XII 206 414-477; in LC:Carle Vernet/1758-1836In Plate--Above image, UR:P.21.; signed, LR of image:Carle Vernet; below image, right:Lith. de G:Engelmann; below image, center:Le Lion devenu vieux.

Exhibition History

Working the Stone

December 19, 1997 - April 5, 1998
The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is The Aging Lion with the accession number of 84.242.37. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.
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