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

Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (French, 1820–1910)
1854

Medium/Technique Graphite pencil and charcoal drawing, on tan paper
Dimensions 68.58 x 88.26 cm (27 x 34 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Lucy Dalbiac Luard Fund and Abbott Lawrence Fund
Accession Number1984.769
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