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Frontispiece from the book “Jules Massenet, Esclarmonde: opéra romanesque (Paris: G. Hartmann, 1889)”

Eugène Samuel Grasset

Frontispiece from the book “Jules Massenet, Esclarmonde: opéra romanesque (Paris: G. Hartmann, 1889)”

1889

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Eugène Samuel Grasset

Frontispiece from the book “Jules Massenet, Esclarmonde: opéra romanesque (Paris: G. Hartmann, 1889)”

1889

Physical Qualities Color relief print (chromotypography), Sheet: 274 x 183 mm. (10 13/16 x 7 3/16 in.) Image: 222 x 142 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 9/16 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 1996.48.1685
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 matrix: lower right "EG" Inscribed in matrix: center "ESCLARMONDE"

Markings: None

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