Charles Chaplin and Bertauts
Salmacis
1860
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 336 x 241 mm. (13 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.)
Image: 207 x 132 mm. (8 1/8 x 5 3/16 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
1996.48.10941
Printed in red ink.
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
Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du xix siècle (Paris: L. Conquet, 1885) vol. 4, p. 97, #66.
Bibliothèque nationale (France). Inventaire du fonds français après 1800 (Paris: M. Le Garrec, 1930-ongoing) vol. 4, p. 287, #19.
Bibliothèque nationale (France). Inventaire du fonds français après 1800 (Paris: M. Le Garrec, 1930-ongoing) vol. 4, p. 287, #19.
Inscribed: Signed in stone: lower left "Ch. Chaplin" Inscribed in stone: lower left "Ch. Chaplin pinx. et lith."; lower center "Salmacis. / Sed modo fonte suo formosos perluit artus: / Soepè Cytoriaco deducit pectine crines; / Et quid se deceat, spectatas consulit undas. / Ovide."; lower right "Imp. Bertauts, Paris."
Markings: None
