Henri Lavaud and Lemercier et Cie.
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
1864-1872
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Woodburytype (Photoglyptie), Mount: 152 x 101 mm. (6 x 4 in.)
Image/Sheet: 98 x 68 mm. (3 7/8 x 2 11/16 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
1996.48.626
Photoglyptie is the French for the process commonly known as Woodburytype (one word). It is a photomechanical process in which the final image is composed of pigmented gelatin.
Originally part of Lucas ephemera (Corot)
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
Etienne Moreau-Nelaton, "Histoire de Corot et de ses Oeuvres" (Paris: H. Floury, 1905), p. 252, fig. 191
Inscribed: Inscribed on mount: lower center "Photoglyptie Lemercier & Cie. Paris / COROT / JEAN BAPTISTE CAMILLE / né à Paris le 29 Juillet 1796 mort à Paris le 22 Février 1875"
Markings: None
