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Image

French

The Sower, ca. 1870-1890

Description

Maker

  • Unknown
  • Jean-François Millet, 1814-1875, French, designer

Culture

French

Title

The Sower

Year

ca. 1870-1890

Medium

wood engraving

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • wood engraving

Supports

  • medium weight cream wove paper

Dimensions

15.4 x 12.2 cm (6 1/8 x 4 13/16 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:printed in black ink in UR corner:PLATE XX.Verso:In LL corner:51.087.44In Plate--In LR corner:J. F. Millet

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Helen C. Robertson

Object Number

51.087.44

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is The Sower with the accession number of 51.087.44. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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