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Vestibule of the Theater

Albert Bellenger, Paul Merwart, and others

Vestibule of the Theater

1886

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Vestibule of the Theater

1886

Physical Qualities Wood engraving, Sheet: 228 x 320 mm. (9 x 12 5/8 in.) Image: 122 x 187 mm. (4 13/16 x 7 3/8 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 1996.48.16684
One of a group of proofs by Bellenger in the Lucas Collection, which were published as illustrations, frequently for works written by Theodore Child. This one appeared in Theodore Child, "The Comédie-Française," Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 74, issue 443, April 1887, p. 695.
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 pencil: lower right "souvenir affectueux / d'Albert Bellenger / a Monsieur Child-" Signed in block: lower right "Paul Merwart 1885"; "A BELLENGER SC"

Markings: None

Artist

Albert Bellenger

1845–1913

French, 1846 - 1914
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Artist

Paul Merwart

1854–1901

French, 1855 - 1902
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Dedicated to

Theodore Child

1845–1891

American, 1846 - 1892
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