Charles Chaplin and Bertauts
Salmacis
1860-1865
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 334 x 235 mm. (13 1/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
Image: 207 x 131 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
1996.48.10943
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
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: upper center "L'ARTISTE"; 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
