Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat
Gambetta on his Deathbed
1883
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 203 × 287 mm. (8 × 11 5/16 in.)
Plate: 158 × 230 mm. (6 1/4 × 9 1/16 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
1996.48.12283
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 and dated in plate: lower left "Ln Bonnat / Ville d'Avray / 1er Janvier 1883" Inscribed in plate: lower left "Gazette des Beaux Arts"; lower center "Gambetta"; lower right "Imp. A. Salmon, Paris" Inscribed in pencil: lower left, in Lucas' hand "Bonnat"
Markings: Watermark: Arches
