Benedict Masson
Souvenirs de la Commune: ‘es-tu republicain toi?’
1870
Scroll
Benedict Masson
Souvenirs de la Commune: ‘es-tu republicain toi?’
1870
Physical Qualities
Pen and ink and brush over graphite, Sheet: 314 × 214 mm. (12 3/8 × 8 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Léonce Rabillon
Object Number
1929.3.27 (7 of 28)
Two men talking to each other; one man with back towards spectator, hands on hip, steps into the conversation; the other man faces the spectator, stands with feet together, one hand in pocket, the other at his chin. He wears a soldier's cap.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1929; Léonce Rabillon, Jr., Baltimore, by inheritance, 1886; Léonce Rabillon
Inscribed: ECTO: BC, ink, 'es-tu républicain toi? dam! J'savons [sic] pas mais j'ons [sic] jamais mentés!'; LRQ, ink, 'BM'; BRC, ink, '7'.
