Evariste Boulay-Paty; A Poet (From a Bronze by David d'Angers)

1861

Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

Auguste Delâtre

Printer, French, 1822 - 1907

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 7.1 × 7.3 cm (2 13/16 × 2 7/8 in.)
    plate: 10.5 × 10.5 cm (4 1/8 × 4 1/8 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 14.5 × 18.5 cm (5 11/16 × 7 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.6153

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 75, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jules Niel [19th century], Paris; Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau [1840-1893], London, (Lugt 2412); Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge [1845-1924], Glasgow, (Lugt 394); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1924

  • Delteil, Loys and Harold J.L. Wright. Catalogue raisonne of the Etchings of Charles Meryon. New York: Winfred Porter Truesdell, 1924.

1990

  • Schneiderman, Richard S. The Catalogue Raisonne of the Prints by Charles Meryon. London: Garton & Co., 1990.

Inscriptions

Not signed. Not dated. "Delâtre Imp. r. des Feuillantines, 4, Paris" lower center margin, in plate, artist's hand. "EVARISTE BOULAY-PATY" lower center margin, in plate. "E. Boulay-Paty" right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "B89" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "77." upper right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "c.1247/k.358" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "33" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d). "T" (unidentified collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 2412).

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65019198

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