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The Place des Martyrs and the Taverne du Bagne

Félix Hilaire Buhot

The Place des Martyrs and the Taverne du Bagne

1885

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The Place des Martyrs and the Taverne du Bagne

Félix Hilaire Buhot

The Place des Martyrs and the Taverne du Bagne

Félix Hilaire Buhot

The Place des Martyrs and the Taverne du Bagne

1885

Physical Qualities Etching and aquatint, Sheet: 435 x 577 mm. (17 1/8 x 22 11/16 in.) Plate: 337 x 446 mm. (13 1/4 x 17 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 1996.48.12991
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: Inscribed in plate: lower right, in image "Felix Buhot Nov. - 1885"; lower margins "Pendant qu'ils sont la-bat rivés a des labeurs / Eternels par la griffe implacable des chaines / Ayant sur eux la Chiourme au dedans des gehennes / Et crachant en jurons immondes leus rancoeurs", "O Forcats! Tout le Bien que leur misère inspire / C'est de battre la caisse avec ces désespoirs / Ici dans unboulet le Passant trouve a rire / Et la chaine en gros sous tinte sur les comptoirs"; lower right margin "O Forcats!" Inscribed in pencil: bottom right "à [illegible] à l'ep. en couleur [?]"

Markings: Artist's stamp: monogram with owl, in red ink (Lugt 977) Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)

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1878
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