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The Picnic

c. 1810
(French, 1750–1828)
(French, 1759–1849)
France, 19th century
lithograph
Sheet: 31 x 23.4 cm (12 3/16 x 9 3/16 in.); Image: 26.3 x 18.4 cm (10 3/8 x 7 1/4 in.)
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection 1940.1138
Location: not on view

Description

Lithography did not really get under way in France until 1816 when Lasteyrie and Godefroy Engelmann, both trained in the shop of lithography inventor Alois Senefelder (1771-1834) in Germany, opened separate lithographic establishments in Paris. Antoine-Jean Gros and Carle and Horace Vernet were among the earliest artists engaged by Lasteryrie and Godefroy to draw original designs upon the lithographic stone.
  • Catalogue of an exhibition of the art of lithography: commemorating the sesquicentennial of its invention, 1798-1948. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, November 11, 1948-January 2, 1949. Mentioned: p. 48; Reproduced: Plate VI archive.org
  • Inventive Impressions: 18th- and 19-Century French Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001).
    The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/26/01-10/28/01. "Inventive Impressions: 18th- and 19th-Century French Prints".
  • {{cite web|title=The Picnic|url=false|author=Alexandre Moitte, Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant|year=c. 1810|access-date=15 March 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1940.1138