Image
Description
Maker
- Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1803-1860, French
Title
The Beggars
Year
1834
Medium
Black chalk, pen and ink, and opaque watercolor on laid paper mounted to cardboard
Dimensions
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19.2 x 13.8 cm (7 5/8 x 5 3/8 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscribed in black chalk, LL: "DC"
Type
Credit
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Museum Membership Fund
Object Number
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67.030
About
This drawing is preparatory for Decamps's lithograph Les Mendiants, published in L'Artiste in 1834. For the impression of the print in the RISD Museum, see 68.035.
Inscribed in black chalk, LL: "DC"
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