The Marne Advance at Vaux

1918

Lester George Hornby

Artist, American, 1882 - 1956

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on Arches laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.21 × 21.11 cm (7 9/16 × 8 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 24.45 × 26.99 cm (9 5/8 × 10 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.1234

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Falk 1984, no. 190

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1984

  • Falk, Peter Hastings. Lester G. Hornby: Painter-Etcher, Including a Checklist of the Artist's Etchings. Madison, Connecticut: P. Hastings Falk Fine Art Research, 1984, p. 12, no. 190.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: At Vaux; lower left in graphite: The Marne Advance at Vaux; lower right in graphite: L.G. Hornby; lower right corner in graphite by unknown hand: 40.

Markings

stamped center verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

Watermarks

Arches (FRANCE) [partial]

Wikidata ID

Q77012026

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