Charles-François Daubigny, Auguste Delâtre, and others
Le Gué
1864
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Etching, drypoint; graphite, Sheet: 299 x 368 mm. (11 3/4 x 14 1/2 in.)
Image: 252 x 338 mm. (9 15/16 x 13 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
1996.48.4274
Daubigny treated the same subject in a cliché-verre of 1862.
On the verso is a drawing of a nude woman. As the figure is trimmed (lacking head and feet), it is presumed that this was a scrap piece of paper used for printing this etching and that the drawing is not by Daubigny.
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
Inscribed: Inscribed in plate: upper right "201."; lower left "Daubigny sculp."; lower center " LE GUÉ. / Paris, Publié par CADART & LUQUET, Editeurs, 79, Rue Richelieu."; lower right "Imp. Delâtre, Rue St. Jacques, 303, Paris." Inscribed in pencil: verso "2 [illegible] de pistorte[?] / de l'a[trimmed] / deux litres / M. Bender / vue de Trafalgar[?]"
Markings: None
