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View of a Gate and the Bridge of Fribourg Alexis Nicolas Perignon, I
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Details
- Artist/maker
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Alexis Nicolas Perignon, I (1726 - 1782) (designer)Pierre Chenu (?1730 - ?1802) (engraver)
- Object type
- Material and technique
- engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- 247 mm wide (plate); 184 x 293 mm (sheet)
- Associated place
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- Europe › Switzerland › Fribourg › Sarine › Sarine (subject)
- Europe › Switzerland › Fribourg › Fribourg › Chapel de Lorette › Chapel de Lorette (subject)
- Europe › Switzerland › Fribourg › Fribourg › Porte de Bourguillon › Porte de Bourguillon (subject)
- Inscription
- Recto, all engraved, below the image:
left: Dessiné par Perignon Ptre. du Roi
right: Gravé par Chenu
centre: VUE D'UNE PORTE ET DU PONT DE FRIBOURG. | en Suisse. | A.P.D.R.
bottom right: No. 160.
Verso:
bottom right, in graphite: formerly 106 in purple brush. [106 underlined] | crossed thru' [64 ink]
just to the right, in graphite: E.114 lower
bottom right, the Ruskin School's stamp
- Provenance
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Presented by John Ruskin to the Ruskin Drawing School (University of Oxford), 1875; transferred from the Ruskin Drawing School to the Ashmolean Museum, c.1949.
- No. of items
- 1
- Accession no.
- WA.RS.ED.114.b
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Subjects
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References in which this object is cited include:
References
Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Smith, Elder, 1871), cat. Educational no. 64
Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Spottiswoode, 1874), cat. Educational no. 114
Ruskin, John, ‘Educational Series 1878’, 1878, Oxford, Oxford University Archives, cat. Educational no. 114
Roux, Marcel, et al., Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des estampes: Inventaire du fonds français: graveurs du dix-huitième siècle (Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1930 -)
Ruskin, John, ‘The Ruskin Art Collection at Oxford: Catalogues, Notes and Instructions’, Edward T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn, eds, The Works of John Ruskin: Library Edition, 39 (London: George Allen, 1903-1912), 21, cat. Educational no. 114
Location
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- Western Art Print Room
