Fronte-Boeuf et le Juif (Fronte-Boeuf and the Jew), number 11 from Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe
Eugène Delacroix, French, 1798 - 1863
1829
Lithograph on chine collé mounted on wove paper
Image: 6 9/16 × 8 9/16 in. (16.7 × 21.7 cm)
Sheet: 11 11/16 × 15 1/2 in. (29.7 × 39.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Dr. Franz H. and Gula A. Hirschland, Class of 1935P and 1939P
PR.950.6.9
Printer
Imprimerie H. Gaugain & Cie
Publisher
H. Gaugain & Cie , Paris
Engelmann & Coindet Cie, London
Geography/Culture
Europe, France
Period
19th century
Object Name
Classification
Not on view
Inscription
Lettered, upper left: Ivanhoé; lettered, upper center: WALTER SCOTT.; lettered, upper right: Chap.e [e in superscript] XXII.; lettered, lower left margin: Delacroix fec.t [t in superscript]; lettered, lower center margin: Chien maudit, issu d'une race maudite. / vois tu ces balances_. il faut que tu m'y / pèse mille livres d'argent / N.o [o in superscript] 11 / Most accursed dog of an accursed race seest thou / these scales? in these very scales shalt though weight / me out a thousand silver pounds; lettered, lower right margin: Imp. lith de H Gaugain.; lettered, lower left: à Paris chez H Gaugain & Comp.e [e in superscript] / Rue Vivienne N.o [o in superscript] 2 Rue de vaugitard N 34; lettered, lower center: Septembre 1829.; lettered, lower right: London, by Engelmann Coindet & C.e [e in superscript] / St [t in superscript] Martins lane Leics.tre [sic; tre in superscript] square
Exhibition History
Warner Bently Showcases, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October-March, 1971-1972.
Art 52, Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 26, 1981-Janaury 1982.
Provenance
Dr. Franz H. Hirschland (1880-1973), New York, New York; given to present collection, 1950.`
Catalogue Raisonne
Moreau (1873): 45; Delteil 85; Robaut: 308; Adhémar (1953), IFF: 64
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