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Pissarro, son of the French Impressionist artist Camille Pissarro, moved to England in 1890. By 1894 he and his wife, Esther Bensusan Pissarro, had bought a printing press and established the Eragny Press. Influenced by William Morris, they were involved in every step of the production process: designing, cutting the woodblocks, setting type, and printing. The first book published by Ergany Press, The Queen of the Fishes, is based on an old fairy tale in which a peasant boy and girl escape the hardships of their lives by fantasizing that they have been turned into a giant oak and a splendid fish, respectively.

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  • Title: The Queen of the Fishes
  • Creator: Lucien Pissarro (British, 1863-1944)
  • Date Created: 1894
  • Physical Dimensions: Book page: 19.2 x 13.3 cm (7 9/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
  • Provenance: John Quin
  • Type: Bound Volume
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1970.50
  • Medium: color woodcut
  • Department: Prints
  • Culture: England, 19th century
  • Credit Line: Gift of Henry H. Hawley for the fiftieth anniversary of The Print Club of Cleveland
  • Collection: PR - Woodcut
  • Accession Number: 1970.50

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