The Farm (La Ferme)

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince1771

Details

Title: The Farm (La Ferme)
Creator: Jean-Baptiste Le Prince
Date Created: 1771
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower left: “Le Prince 1771”
Print State: Second of two states, but in black ink rather than sepia as described
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), 1947
Materials & Techniques: Etching and aquatint on laid paper
Keywords: agriculture, farms, landscapes (representations)
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 194 mm x 276 mm (7.64 in. x 10.87 in.).
Bibliography: Hédou 138; see Carlson and Ittmann, cat. no. 61
Associated People: Created by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince (French, 1734-1781)
Accession Number: 1947.D1.138

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