Karl Bodmer
Araignée dans sa toile
1881
Physical Qualities
Metal relief print, Image/Sheet: 200 x 146 mm. (7 7/8 x 5 3/4 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
1996.48.7228
Metal relief print (procédé Comte) from the 1882 edition of Théophile Gautier's book "Nature at Home (La Nature chez Elle)" published by Bradbury, Agnew & Co. in London and G. Charpentier in Paris. The sophisticated facsimiles in the second edition of this book were based on the 37 etchings Bodmer contributed to the first, deluxe edition of Gautier's book "La Nature chez Elle" that was published in 1870 by Marc/Imprimerie de l'Illustration in Paris.
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
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
BMA, Jacobs rotation, 10 January - 15 July 2018.
Inscribed: Signed in plate: center "K. Bodmer" Inscribed in plate: center left "Pro. COMTE"
Markings: None
