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The Raven (Le corbeau): The Shadow That Lies Floating on the Floor

Édouard Manet1875

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States

Details

  • Title: The Raven (Le corbeau): The Shadow That Lies Floating on the Floor
  • Creator: Édouard Manet
  • Date Created: 1875
  • Set or Series Title: The Raven (Le corbeau)
  • Object Type: Prints, works of art
  • Object Link: http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj16561
  • Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1943
  • Materials & Techniques: Lithographs with cover and text on wove paper
  • Keywords: animals, birds, illustration, literature (writings), poems, poetry, ravens
  • Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
  • Edition: Illustration for “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe, with French translation by Stéphane Mallarmé. The DAC impression of the text is probably numbered “75”; it consists of six lithographs with cover and text.
  • Bibliography: Guérin 86; Moreau-Nelaton 95; Harris 83; Fisher 65–71; see DAC donor file for correspondence regarding different printings of the text
  • Associated People: Created by Édouard Manet (French, 1832-1883)
  • Accession Number: 1943.D1.168.6

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