Image
Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, printmaker
Les Mendiants (The Beggars), 1834
Description
Maker
- Robert Bénard, printer
- Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1803-1860, French
Title
Les Mendiants (The Beggars)
Year
1834
Medium
Lithograph
Materials/Techniques
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Materials
Supports
Dimensions
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Plate: 22.2 x 15.6 cm (8 3/4 x 6 1/8 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Lettered with artist's initials in image LL: "DC". Lettered UC: "L'ARTISTE"; LL: "Decamp del."; LC: "LES MENDIANTS."; LR: "Lith. de Benard"
Identification
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State
i/ii Type
Credit
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Museum Works of Art Fund
Object Number
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68.035
About
A woman and her two children beg in the street, one before her with his arms raised and the other over her shoulder.
Lettered with artist's initials in image LL: "DC". Lettered UC: "L'ARTISTE"; LL: "Decamp del."; LC: "LES MENDIANTS."; LR: "Lith. de Benard"
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Exhibition History
Exhibition History
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