Peasant Digging (Bêcheur au travail)

Jean-François Milletca. 1863

Details

Title: Peasant Digging (Bêcheur au travail)
Creator: Jean-François Millet
Date Created: ca. 1863
Signatures / Inscriptions: Unsigned
Print State: Variant of third state, or undescribed fourth state
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1937
Materials & Techniques: Woodcut with pencil study of a peasant lamp at right on wove paper
Keywords: agriculture, France, genre, labor, peasants
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Image dimensions: 105 mm x 100 mm (4.13 in. x 3.94 in.). Sheet dimensions: 143 mm x 139 mm (5.63 in. x 5.47 in.).
Bibliography: Melot 31 undescribed state; Delteil 31, undescribed state; LeBrun 30
Associated People: Created by Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875)
Accession Number: 1937.D1.136.1

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