L'Eclair (Lightning)
1868
Artist, French, 1802 - 1885
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Artwork overview
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Medium
etching in black on laid paper (facing _L'Eclair_ by Paul Meurice)
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Credit Line
Gift of Richard A. Simms, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
plate: 21.7 x 14.5 cm (8 9/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
page size: 35.5 x 25.5 cm (14 x 10 1/16 in.) -
Accession
1991.26.1.dd
Associated Artworks
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Artwork history & notes
Exhibition History
1991
Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, 158-159, color repro.
1995
Prints by James McNeill Whistler and His Contemporaries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995, as The Peony by Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart after Judith Mendès.
Inscriptions
across bottom in plate: Victor Hugo 1868
Wikidata ID
Q74887761