Interior of a Butcher Shop

Léon Augustin Lhermittec. 1881

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Title: Interior of a Butcher Shop
Creator: Léon Augustin Lhermitte (French, 1844-1925)
Date Created: c. 1881
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 55.7 x 57.2 cm (21 15/16 x 22 1/2 in.); Secondary Support: 56.1 x 58.4 cm (22 1/16 x 23 in.)
Type: Drawing
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1978.131
Medium: charcoal and black chalk heightened with white chalk (media continue onto secondary support)
Inscriptions: signed, lower left, in charcoal: L. Lhermitte
Fun Fact: The French writer Théodore de Banville described Léon Lhermitte's drawings, saying that "In his hands charcoal and black chalk are like magical tools."
Department: Drawings
Culture: France, 19th century
Credit Line: Gift of Muriel S. Butkin
Collection: DR - French
Accession Number: 1978.131

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