Peasant Digging (Bêcheur au travail)

Jean-François Milletca. 1863

Details

Title: Peasant Digging (Bêcheur au travail)
Creator: Jean-François Millet
Date Created: ca. 1863
Signatures / Inscriptions: Unsigned
Print State: First of two states (lower left corner block either not inked or cut away)
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), 1946
Materials & Techniques: Woodcut printed in brown on soft laid paper
Keywords: agriculture, France, genre, labor, peasants, print states
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Image dimensions: 143 mm x 106 mm (5.63 in. x 4.17 in.). Sheet dimensions: 192 mm x 133 mm (7.56 in. x 5.24 in.).
Bibliography: Melot 31; Delteil 31; LeBrun 30
Associated People: Created by Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875)
Accession Number: 1946.D1.129

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