Benedict Masson
Souvenirs de la Commune: ‘On crève du faim. . .’
1870
Scroll
Benedict Masson
Souvenirs de la Commune: ‘On crève du faim. . .’
1870
Physical Qualities
Pen and ink and brush over graphite, Sheet: 319 × 214 mm. (12 9/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Léonce Rabillon
Object Number
1929.3.27 (10 of 28)
Boy sitting on a barricade holding a loaf of bread (?) and a knife, a carafe is placed next to him.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1929; Léonce Rabillon, Jr., Baltimore, by inheritance, 1886; Léonce Rabillon.
Inscribed: RECTO: BC, ink, 'on crève du faim dans la commune/Tous comme si on ne devait pas mourir demain!'; LRQ, ink, 'BM'; BRC, ink, '10'.
