Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 346 x 480 mm. (13 5/8 x 18 7/8 in.)
Plate: 305 x 397 mm. (12 x 15 5/8 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
1996.48.12938
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
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Selected Prints from the George A. Lucas Collection," June 29-August 29, 1976.
Jay Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Continuing Example: Prints and Drawings from the George A. Lucas Collection," February 4- April 9, 1995.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Nature Revealed: Landscapes and Still Lifes from the George A. Lucas Collection," circulated to Government House, Annapolis, November 15, 2000-January 23, 2001.
Jay Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Continuing Example: Prints and Drawings from the George A. Lucas Collection," February 4- April 9, 1995.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Nature Revealed: Landscapes and Still Lifes from the George A. Lucas Collection," circulated to Government House, Annapolis, November 15, 2000-January 23, 2001.
Inscribed: Signed and dated in plate: lower right "Bracquemond / inv. & fc. / 1865" Inscribed in plate: upper right "177"; lower left "Bracquemond sculp."; lower center "LE HAUT D'UN BATTANT DE PORTE." Inscribed in image: on plaque "Ici; tu vois tristement pendre / Oiseaux pillards et convoiteux... / A leurs pareils c'est pour apprendre / Que voler et voler sont deux."
Markings: Watermark: Arches
