Depart de Tréport (Departure from Le Tréport)
In October 1844, Louis Philippe, King of the French, crossed the Channel to make a week-long visit to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at Windsor Castle. This lithograph represents his departure on October 7 from the French coastal town of Le Tréport and belongs to a bound set of twenty-five lithographs published in 1846 to commemorate the journey. Related text, pp. 3-5 describes the subject.
Artwork Details
- Title: Depart de Tréport (Departure from Le Tréport)
- Series/Portfolio: Voyage de Sa Majésté Louis-Philippe 1er, Roi des Français: au Château de Windsor
- Artist: After Auguste Jean Marie Jugelet (French, Brest 1805–1874 Rouen)
- Lithographer: Léon Jean-Baptiste Sabatier (French, active 1820–72, died 1887)
- Lithographer: Adolphe Jean Baptiste Bayot (French (born Italy), Alessandria 1810–1871 Paris)
- Publisher: Chaillou, Paris
- Printer: Lemercier & Cie. (French, Paris)
- Subject: Louis Philippe, King of France (French, Paris 1773–1850 Claremont, Surrey)
- Date: 1846
- Medium: Lithograph on chine collé
- Dimensions: Image: 12 in. × 16 7/8 in. (30.5 × 42.9 cm)
Sheet: 22 9/16 × 15 7/8 in. (57.3 × 40.4 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, 1941
- Object Number: 41.102.160(1)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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