Artist: Eugène Prosper Leroux (France, 1807-1863).
Title: Gurth et Wamba (Ivanhoé) [ illustration to Sir Walter Scott].
Signed, Titled, Numbered, and Dated in plate: Lettered above image with plate number: "8" and lettered below image with title and production details: "Eugène le Roux, invt. et lith." and "Imp. Bertauts, Paris" Blind stamp in lower centre: "Les Artistes Anciens Et Modernes". l.l. Gurth et Wamba (Ivanhoé).
Dimensions: Image 7 1/4" x 11 5 /8". Sheet 11 1/2 x 17 3/4".
Publisher: Imp. Bertauts, Paris (Victor Jacques Bertauts, lithographic printer, famous for his skill in tonal printing).
Edition: Print used for Les Artistes anciens et modernes, vol. 1, 1850 (The Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-40.650).
Date: 1850.
Materials and Techniques: Lithograph on buff chine collé mounted on support with typography lettering.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: A hardly visible water stain. Signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: a series of plates for 'Les artistes anciens et modernes' vol. 1, 1850.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1880,0710.9, 1936,0302.14.9
The Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-40.650.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XIX C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from the catalog entry and uses the catalog description of the same item from the collections of the British Museum and the Rijksmuseum.