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Unknown Maker, French

Ah! Que le Temps est Dur (A satire on hunger)

Description

Maker

Unknown Maker, French

Culture

French

Title

Ah! Que le Temps est Dur (A satire on hunger)

Year

ca. 1790

Medium

  • etching,
  • engraving

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • etching,
  • engraving

Materials

etching, engraving

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

21.8 x 24.9 cm (8 9/16 x 9 13/16 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered below image: "Ah! Que Le Tems, Est Dur."

Inscribed in graphite, LL: "famine hiver du 1988-89 a Paris"

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

66.236

Type

  • Prints

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Unknown Maker, French
Ah! Que le Temps est Dur (A satire on hunger), ca. 1790
etching; engraving
21.8 x 24.9 cm (8 9/16 x 9 13/16 inches) (plate)
Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund 66.236

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