Félix Bracquemond, Auguste Delâtre, and others

The Top Half of the Door

1852, published 1865

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Félix Bracquemond, Auguste Delâtre, and others

The Top Half of the Door

1852, published 1865

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 338 x 431 mm. (13 5/16 x 16 15/16 in.) Plate: 303 x 395 mm. (11 15/16 x 15 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 1996.48.12937

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 dated in plate: lower right "Bracquemond / inv. & fec. / 1865" Inscribed in plate: lower left "Bracquemond sculp."; lower center "LE HAUT D'UN BATTANT DE PORTE. / Paris, Publié par CADART & LUQUET, Editeurs, 79, Rue Richelieu."; lower right "Imp. Delâtre, Rue St. Jacques, 303, Paris." Inscribed in image: on plaque "Ici; tu vois tristement pendre / Oiseaux pillards et convoiteux... / A leurs pareils c'est pour apprendre / Que voler et voler sont deux."

Markings: Blindstamp: lower center "Cadart & Luquet" (Lugt 424) Watermark: (partial, unidentified)