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Cham (Amédée de Noe) and Bertauts

Oh dear! There are the horses of my wife and her cousin…

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Oh dear! There are the horses of my wife and her cousin…

n.d.

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 244 × 283 mm. (9 5/8 × 11 1/8 in.) Image: 195 × 261 mm. (7 11/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.48.586
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art, through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris

Inscribed: Signed in stone: lower right "CHAM" Inscribed: upper right "13"; lower center "'Allons bon! Voilà les chevaux de ma femme et de son cousin qui s'emportent et le mien / qui ne veut pas avancer! c'est comme un fait exprès chaque fois que le cousin de ma femme / choisit les chevaux j'ai toujours une rosse qui me laisse en arrière"; lower right "Imp. Bertauts r. Cadet 11"

Markings: None

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Bertauts

operated c. 1830 - c. 1860

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