Félix Bracquemond, Auguste Delâtre, and others
The Moles
1854
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 350 x 276 mm. (13 3/4 x 10 7/8 in.)
Plate: 270 x 197 mm. (10 5/8 x 7 3/4 in.)
Portfolio/Series
Plate 231 in the Société des Aqua-fortistes series "Eaux-fortes modernes”
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
1996.48.14749
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: Signed in plate: upper right "Bracquemond 231 / inv. & fec." Inscribed in plate: lower center "1854 / Aux ramilles de peuplier / Danse la taupe suspendue; / Et vers la ferme le Taupier / Va reclamer la sonime due."; lower left "Bracquemond sculp."; lower center "LES TAUPES. / Paris, Publié par CADART & LUQUET, Editeurs, 79, Rue Richelieu."; lower right "Imp. Delâtre, Rue St. Jacques, 303, Paris."
Markings: None
