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Preliminary study for the projected lithograph "Pantheon Nadar" 1854.

Preliminary study for the projected lithograph "Pantheon Nadar" 1854.

(French, 1820–1910)
1854
Medium/TechniqueGraphite pencil and charcoal drawing, on tan paper
Dimensions68.58 x 88.26 cm (27 x 34 3/4 in.)
Credit LineLucy Dalbiac Luard Fund and Abbott Lawrence Fund
Accession number1984.769
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsOn the verso names of literary celebrities who were to appear in the final print: Hugo, Lamartine, Dumas, Beranger, Balzac, Baudelaire, among others. Notation lower right in black ink (possibly in the hand of E. Moreau-Nelaton): "feuille d'annonces/projet par/Nadar et Prevost"
ProvenanceLucien Goldschmidt, Inc., New York; acquired December 1984