Object within Schaaf no. 765

Diminished copy of lithographic print

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Diminished copy of lithographic print

After Louis Léopold Boilly (1761-1845), "Réunion de trente-cinq têtes diverses", c. 1820s

Variant of "The Pencil of Nature", Plate XI

Image size: h 7.6cm x w 10.4cm

Paper size: h 9.9cm x w 11.4cm

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Physical description: varnished; bottom edge is uneven

Provenance:
Matilda Talbot 1934

Owner: National Science and Media Museum

Object owner number: 1937-4189/1

Collection: Science Museum Collection

Rights and Reproduction

This object is part of Schaaf no. 765

Diminished copy of a lithographic print

The lithograph Talbot photographed is by Godefroy Engelmann (1788-1839), after the original work by Louis Léopold Boilly (1761-1845), "Réunion de trente-cinq têtes diverses", c. 1820s. An original lithograph is held at Yale University Art Gallery.