Poster for the Adolphe Obez bookshop in Douai
Also known as: Affiche van boekhandel Adolphe Obez te Douai
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1839 - 1855
Men, women, and children in front of the shop window of the Adolphe Obez bookshop on the Rue de Bellain in Douai. In a frame with a coat of arms above and the Gayant family of giants below.
Surrounding are eight buildings in Douai, including the theatre, the court of justice, and the hospital. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as RP-P-2015-26-1993; its record gives material recorded as paper; measurements height 469 mm x width 613 mm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- paper
- Measurements
- height 469 mm x width 613 mm
- Dimensions museum
- height 469 mm x width 613 mm
Identification
- Original title
- Affiche van boekhandel Adolphe Obez te Douai
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- RP-P-2015-26-1993
- Museum classification
- poster · print
Catalogue references
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