Physical Qualities
Etching, engraving, graphite, Sheet: 310 x 237 mm. (12 3/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Plate: 280 x 208 mm. (11 x 8 3/16 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
1996.48.818
Touched proof, with pencil additions in lower right background.
Portrait of the author Honoré de Balzac.
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 plate: lower center "Paul Chenay Sc."
Markings: None
