Charles Chaplin and Bertauts
The First Kiss
1860
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 360 x 240 mm. (14 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Image: 262 x 161 mm. (10 5/16 x 6 5/16 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
1996.48.10956
Printed in red-brown 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
Inscribed: Signed in stone: lower right "Ch. Chaplin" Inscribed: lower left "Ch. Chaplin, pt. et lith."; lower center "LE PREMIER BAISER / Namque voluptatem proesagit multa cupido: / Hinc illa et primum veneris dulcedinis in cor. / Stillavit gutta, et successit fervida cura. / Lucrèce"; lower right "Imp. Bertauts r. Cadet 11"
Markings: None
