Louis Joseph Ghemar, Joseph Lies, and others
Christopher Columbus
c. 1855
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Lithograph on chine collé, Sheet: 236 × 276 mm. (9 5/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
Image: 147 × 181 mm. (5 13/16 × 7 1/8 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
1996.48.2116
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
Published in the Gazette des Beaux Arts
Inscribed: above image, center, on stone "L'ARTISTE"; below image, lower left, on stone "Lies pinx"; below image, lower center, on stone "Imp Bertauts Paris"; below image, lower center, on stone "CHRISTOPHE COLOMB."; below image, lower right, on stone "Ghemar lith."
Markings: CM: L'Artiste (Lugt 35)
