Paul Edme Le Rat and Louis Emile Adan
L’Enfant et le miroir
1885
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 159 x 113 mm. (6 1/4 x 4 7/16 in.)
Plate: 144 x 97 mm. (5 11/16 x 3 13/16 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
1996.48.9794
From the book "Fables de J.P. Claris de Florian (Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1886)"
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 left "Le Rat sc."; lower center "1886 [6 in reverse]"; lower right "Emile Adan" Inscribed in plate: lower center "L'ENFANT ET LE MIROIR / (Livre II, Fable 8)"
Markings: None
