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L'Inconnu

Printer Auguste Delâtre French
Publisher Alfred Cadart French
1862
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: L'Inconnu
  • Artist: Félix Bracquemond (French, Paris 1833–1914 Sèvres)
  • Printer: Auguste Delâtre (French, Paris 1822–1907 Paris)
  • Publisher: Alfred Cadart (French, Saint-Omer 1828–1875 Paris)
  • Published in: Paris
  • Date: 1862
  • Medium: Etching and drypoint; third state of three
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 14 13/16 in. (22.3 × 37.7 cm)
    Plate: 7 1/4 × 12 1/2 in. (18.4 × 31.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Leonard E. Opdycke, 1928
  • Object Number: 28.64.6
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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