The Diggers (Les Bêcheurs)

Jean-François Milletca. 1856

Details

Title: The Diggers (Les Bêcheurs)
Creator: Jean-François Millet
Date Created: ca. 1856
Signatures / Inscriptions: Unsigned. Inscribed in pencil beneath plate, lower left: "Ep: unique après l''effacage du ciel/Aug. Delâtre//2e état effacé - unique"
Print State: Second of four states
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 printed in brown ink on laid paper
Keywords: agriculture, France, genre, labor
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 238 mm x 337 mm (9.37 in. x 13.27 in.). Sheet dimensions: 274 mm x 426 mm (10.79 in. x 16.77 in.).
Bibliography: Melot 13; Delteil 13; LeBrun 14
Associated People: Created by Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875)
Accession Number: 1937.D1.121

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