Physical Qualities
Tinted crayon lithograph, Mount: 421 x 318 mm. (16 9/16 x 12 1/2 in.)
Image (oval): 271 x 213 mm. (10 11/16 x 8 3/8 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
1996.48.10950
Sheet under mounted to top mat with gilding by Masson; was originally from the series "Eaux-fortes et lithographies par Chaplin," this state from the journal "L'Artiste"
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 in stone: lower right "Ch." Inscribed: upper center "L'ARTISTE"; lower left "Ch. Chaplin pinx. et lith."; lower center "LE PRINTEMPS / Diffugere nives: redeunt jam gramina campis, / arboribusque comoe; / Illutat terra vices, et decrescentia ripas / flumina proetereunt / Horace"; lower right "Imp. Bertauts, Paris"
Markings: Stamp: lower center of mount and verso of sheet "F.M." (F. Masson; Lugt 1031)
