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Eugène Delacroix, designer

The Sister of Duguesclin (La Soeur de Duguesclin), 1829

Description

Maker

  • Henri Gaugain, printer
  • Eugène Delacroix, 1798-1863, French, printmaker
  • Godefroy Engelmann, 1788-1839, French, publisher

Title

The Sister of Duguesclin (La Soeur de Duguesclin)

Year

1829

Medium

Lithograph on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • lithograph

Supports

  • Light weight Oriental tissue paper mounted on medium weight cream wove paper (chine collé)

Dimensions

Plate: 29.7 x 20.2 cm (11 11/16 x 7 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered UL: "Chroniques de France"; UR: "Chateua de Pontorson"; LL: "Delacroix fect.", "A Paris chez H Gaugain & Compe Rue Vivienne no.2 et rue de vanguard No.34"; LC: "Soudain courant... s'ecriant: Guesclin!", "October 1829"; LR: "Imp lith. de H. Gaugain", "London by Engelmann Graff... Soho."

Identification

State

iii/iv

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth

Object Number

50.112

About

The sister of Duguesclin charges two invaders with a sword, torch held high in her hand. The soldiers are caught in the window as her maid swoons at right.

Lettered UL: "Chroniques de France"; UR: "Chateua de Pontorson"; LL: "Delacroix fect.", "A Paris chez H Gaugain & Compe Rue Vivienne no.2 et rue de vanguard No.34"; LC: "Soudain courant... s'ecriant: Guesclin!", "October 1829"; LR: "Imp lith. de H. Gaugain", "London by Engelmann Graff... Soho."

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Projects & Publications

Publications

Le Peintre-Graveur Illustré

the graphic works of nineteenth and twentieth century artists

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Helen M. Danforth

June 21 - September 8, 1985

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is The Sister of Duguesclin (La Soeur de Duguesclin) with the accession number of 50.112. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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