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  • Title: Plate of Sketches (La Plancheaux Croquis)
  • Creator: Jean-François Millet
  • Date Created: ca. 1848
  • Signatures / Inscriptions: Unsigned; stamped in composition, upper left: “M Juery/27 rue de la Huchette/Paris”; inscribed in unknown hand, lower margin: “Early attempt by Millet at Etching. Various sketches.”
  • Print State: Only 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: Etching on laid paper
  • Keywords: agriculture, France, genre, labor, sketches
  • Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
  • Edition: According to LeBrun, 10 impressions
  • Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 191 mm x 118 mm (7.52 in. x 4.65 in.). Sheet dimensions: 240 mm x 163 mm (9.45 in. x 6.42 in.).
  • Bibliography: Melot 6 (with image reversed, and two parallel lines top and bottom not in DAC or Delteil image; measurements the same); Delteil 6; Le Brun 8
  • Associated People: Created by Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875)
  • Accession Number: 1937.D1.114

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