Charles Émile Jacque and Auguste Delâtre
La Souricière
1859
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 174 x 200 mm. (6 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Plate: 125 x 160 mm. (4 15/16 x 6 5/16 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
1996.48.6022
From the journal "Gazette des Beaux-Arts"
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 inscribed in pencil: bottom left "épreuve d'Emile / Ch. Jacque" Signed and dated in plate: lower left "Ch. Jacque 1860" Inscribed in plate: lower center "Ce spectacle effrayant doit apprendre aux gloutons. / à mettre en leurs plaisirs un peu plus de prudence.", "à table comme au lit au lit comme à la danse. / s'ils redoutent le sort de ces pauvres ratons."; bottom left "Gazette des Beaux-Arts"; bottom right "Imp. Delâtre"
Markings: None
