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A Thought
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Hyacinthe Louis Victor Aubry-Lecomte, Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, and others

A Thought

1846

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A Thought

Hyacinthe Louis Victor Aubry-Lecomte, Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, and others

A Thought

A Thought

1846

Physical Qualities Lithograph, Sheet: 291 × 230 mm. (11 7/16 × 9 1/16 in.) Image: 145 × 115 mm. (5 11/16 × 4 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 1996.48.124
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: Inscribed in stone: lower left "Dessiné par Prud'hon"; lower center "Une pensée"; lower right "Lith. par Aubry-Lecomte 1846"; bottom left "Imp. Bertauts à Paris"; bottom right "à Paris chez Aubry-Lecomte, rue du Bac 38."

Markings: None

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