Le Thermomètre (The Thermometer)
Alexandre Gabriel Decamps, French, 1803 - 1860
1823
Lithograph on wove paper
Image: 6 5/16 × 7 9/16 in. (16.1 × 19.2 cm)
Sheet: 8 7/16 × 10 11/16 in. (21.5 × 27.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Dr. Franz H. Hirschland, Class of 1935P and 1939P
PR.949.34
Printer
Charles Etienne Pierre Motte
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, on stone, lower right margin: Litho. de C. Motte rue des marais; inscribed, on stone, lower center: Le Thermomètre.; inscribed, in graphite, lower center; 1823; inscribed, in graphite, lower right: Decamps 4 14.
Provenance
Dr. Franz H. Hirschland (1880-1973), New York, New York; given to present collection, 1949.
Catalogue Raisonne
Adhemar, IFF (1953), Vol. 6: 13
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