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La Cousine Bette

1888
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: La Cousine Bette
  • Series/Portfolio: Les Chefs-d'Oeuvres des Romans Contemporains
  • Author: Honoré de Balzac (French, Tours 1799–1850 Paris)
  • Illustrator: Georges-Jules-Auguste Cain (French, Paris 1856–1919 Paris)
  • Etcher: Eugène Gaujean (French, Pau 1850–1900 Andrésy)
  • Etcher: Adolphe-Alphonse Géry-Bichard (French, born Rambouillet, 1841)
  • Publisher: Maison Quantin (Paris)
  • Printer: Maison Quantin (Paris)
  • Date: 1888
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Overall: 9 5/16 x 1 9/16 in. (23.6 x 4 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1969
  • Object Number: 69.708.25
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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