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Seaweed Gatherers (Ramasseurs de Varech)
Jean-François Milletca. 1848-1850
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States
Details
- Title: Seaweed Gatherers (Ramasseurs de Varech)
- Creator: Jean-François Millet
- Date Created: ca. 1848-1850
- Signatures / Inscriptions: Unsigned; inscribed in unknown hand, lower center: “…10 impressions taken/Rare Plate bought by Keppel, cancelled & reprinted. Melot repro. reversed”
- 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, roulette, and drypoint printed in brown ink on laid paper
- Keywords: beaches, France, genre, labor, marine views
- Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
- Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 101 mm x 124 mm (3.98 in. x 4.88 in.). Sheet dimensions: 164 mm x 223 mm (6.46 in. x 8.78 in.).
- Bibliography: Melot 8; Delteil 8; Le Brun 9
- Associated People: Created by Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875)
- Accession Number: 1937.D1.115
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