A man discovering the physicist Richmann after he has been killed by a bolt of lightning. Wood engraving by O. Jahyer and L. Hotelin after P. Valentin.

  • Valentin, P. (Illustrator)
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22128i
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1 print : wood engraving ; image 15.8 x 10 cm

Lettering

Mort du physicien Richmann. P. Valentin. Jahyer Hotelin.

References note

Not found in: Jean Adhémar, Jacques Lethève, and Françoise Gardey, Inventaire du fonds français après 1800, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome onzième, Paris 1960, pp. 223-227 (inventory of prints by Octave Jahyer)

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Wellcome Collection 22128i

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The signature of the designer has an indistinct initial, which might be P or possibly a lower case h. In the latter case, the signature does not resemble the typical signature of Henri Valentin (1820-1855)

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