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The Poet

Alphonse Adolphe Gery-Bichard and Luc Olivier Merson

The Poet

c. 1890

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The Poet

Alphonse Adolphe Gery-Bichard and Luc Olivier Merson

The Poet

The Poet

c. 1890

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 134 × 179 mm. (5 1/4 × 7 1/16 in.) Plate: 95 × 139 mm. (3 3/4 × 5 1/2 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 1996.48.12047
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 the lower left corner of the image

Artist

Alphonse Adolphe Gery-Bichard

French, 1841 - after 1914

French, 1841 - after 1914
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Artist

Luc Olivier Merson

French, 1846-1920

French, 1846-1920
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