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Eugène Delacroix, printmaker
Description
Maker
- Eugène Delacroix, 1798-1863, French
- Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, printer
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Medium
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Materials
Dimensions
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Plate (including inscription): 28.1 x 34.8 cm (11 1/16 x 13 11/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Lettered in image with artist's signature LL: "Eug Delacroix". Lettered LL: "Eug Delacroix inc. et delt.", "Shore. Cast every black and guilty... thy forsaken home,..."; LC: "JANE SHORE Acte V. Sc: IIme'", "Sho: Eloigne ces noires... ta maison abandonie....."; LR: "Lith de C: Motte." "(Rowe)".
Stamped with the collector's mark of Charles Motte LL (Lugt 1828c). Type
Credit
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Museum Works of Art Fund
Object Number
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69.108
About
A faint and destitute Jane Shore collapses in the arms of her husband, William Shore, at right. Belmont hastens away, seen at left from behind.
Lettered in image with artist's signature LL: "Eug Delacroix". Lettered LL: "Eug Delacroix inc. et delt.", "Shore. Cast every black and guilty... thy forsaken home,..."; LC: "JANE SHORE Acte V. Sc: IIme'", "Sho: Eloigne ces noires... ta maison abandonie....."; LR: "Lith de C: Motte." "(Rowe)".
Stamped with the collector's mark of Charles Motte LL (Lugt 1828c).