Henri-Emile Lefort
Nathaniel Hawthorne
French, 1856
Physical Qualities
Etching, Image: 300 x 253 mm. (11 13/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 447 x 324 mm. (17 5/8 x 12 3/4 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
1996.48.18711
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
The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, "A Baltimorean in Paris - George A. Lucas, Art Agent 1860-1909," Jan. 1979.
Inscribed: RECTO: in plate, at LC: "Henri Lefort del et sc _189s." and "Henri Lefort" and beneath: "A / NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE / (about 1862)."; in plate, beneath sketch of woman at LL: "'The sacrlete letter' _ after Hugues Merle"; in graphite, at LC: "a Monsieur Lucas"
