Auguste Raffet

Ouverture de la tranchée (Beginning the Trench),

Maker

Title

Ouverture de la tranchée (Beginning the Trench)

Medium

lithograph

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Plate: 20 x 37.6 cm (7 7/8 x 14 13/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered: "Raffet 1852"; "Ouverture de la Tranchée. Attaque de gauche s'appuyant a l'Eglise St. Pancratzio. Première nuit du 4 au 5 Juin (Siège de Rome)"; and "Paris, Gihaut Frères éditeurs Boulevart des Italiens, 5. / Paris Imp. par Auguste Bry 114 r. du Bac."

Inscribed in graphite: "Rare trial proof before the number and before the title was altered as it appears in the published state"

Identification

State

trial proof

Type

Credit

Gift of the Fazzano Brothers

Object Number

84.198.768

Ouverture de la tranchée (Beginning the Trench)
Souvenirs d’Italie: Expédition de Rome

Lettered: "Raffet 1852"; "Ouverture de la Tranchée. Attaque de gauche s'appuyant a l'Eglise St. Pancratzio. Première nuit du 4 au 5 Juin (Siège de Rome)"; and "Paris, Gihaut Frères éditeurs Boulevart des Italiens, 5. / Paris Imp. par Auguste Bry 114 r. du Bac."

Inscribed in graphite: "Rare trial proof before the number and before the title was altered as it appears in the published state"

trial proof

Exhibition History

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