The Letter to Madame Henry (La lettre à Madame Henry)

1885

Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

Albert Besnard

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on cream Arches laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16.7 x 11.5 cm (6 9/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 30.8 x 22 cm (12 1/8 x 8 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1993.71.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 34, State ii/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Professor and Mrs. Daniel Bell, Cambridge; gift to NGA, 1993.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1906

  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left in graphite: D 34 ii/vi

Markings

None.

Watermarks

ARC[HES]

Wikidata ID

Q75124538

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