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Paul Edme Le Rat and Eugène Fromentin

The Morning Prayer in the Desert

1878

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The Morning Prayer in the Desert

1878

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 217 x 256 mm. (8 9/16 x 10 1/16 in.) Plate: 173 x 207 mm. (6 13/16 x 8 1/8 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 1996.48.9806
Different state (with inscriptions) published in the book "Eugène Fromentin, Sahara et Sahel (Paris: E. Plon, 1879)"
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
Joanna Karlgaard and Robin Owen Joyce, BMA, "Deconstructing Nature: Environmental Transformation in the Lucas Collection," August 27, 2025 - January 11, 2026.

Inscribed: Inscribed in plate: lower left "Eug. Fromentin"; lower right "1867"

Markings: None

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