Albert Bellenger, Paul Merwart, and others
Vestibule of the Theater
1886
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- Artist: Albert Bellenger
- Artist: Paul Merwart
- Dedicated to: Theodore Child
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
