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Gustave Doré

The Frost

Maker

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883), designer
Jean Vayron, printer

Title

The Frost
Vingt Grandes Lithographies

Year

1857

Medium

  • lithograph

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • lithograph

Materials

lithograph

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

33.3 x 26.7 cm (13 1/8 x 10 1/2 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:in pencil in UL:Dans les Voryes; in LR:226d Verso:in pencil in LR:91/9; in LL:p263-25; in LL corner Aus dem Album des Musée Français-Anglais/1855In Plate--Signed in LL:G. Doré; numbered in UC:No.5 In LL: Imp. Vayron, Paris; titled in LC:LA GELÉE;in LR:Au Bureau du Journal Français-Anglais, Rue Bergére, 20

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

58.049

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Working the Stone
Process & Progress of Lithography
Dec 19, 1997 – Apr 05, 1998

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Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883), designer
Jean Vayron, printer
The Frost; Vingt Grandes Lithographies, 1857
lithograph
33.3 x 26.7 cm (13 1/8 x 10 1/2 inches) (plate)
Museum Works of Art Fund 58.049

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