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Interior of a Butcher Shop
Léon Augustin Lhermittec. 1881
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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- Title: Interior of a Butcher Shop
- Creator: Léon Augustin Lhermitte (French, 1844-1925)
- Date Created: c. 1881
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 55.7 x 57.2 cm (21 15/16 x 22 1/2 in.); Secondary Support: 56.1 x 58.4 cm (22 1/16 x 23 in.)
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1978.131
- Medium: charcoal and black chalk heightened with white chalk (media continue onto secondary support)
- Inscriptions: signed, lower left, in charcoal: L. Lhermitte
- Fun Fact: The French writer Théodore de Banville described Léon Lhermitte's drawings, saying that "In his hands charcoal and black chalk are like magical tools."
- Department: Drawings
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit Line: Gift of Muriel S. Butkin
- Collection: DR - French
- Accession Number: 1978.131
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