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Maker(s):Forain, Jean Louis
Culture:French (1852-1931)
Title:Les Notables; The Notables
Date Made:1915
Type:Print
Materials:Etching in brown ink on white wove paper
Place Made:Europe; France
Measurements:Mat: 22 in x 28 in; 55.9 cm x 71.1 cm; Sheet: 16 7/8 in x 22 5/8 in; 42.9 cm x 57.5 cm; Plate: 8 7/8 in x 11 1/4 in; 22.5 cm x 28.6 cm; Image: 8 5/8 in x 10 15/16 in; 21.9 cm x 27.8 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Recto: lwr. r. (in graphite): Les Otages; lwr. r. (in graphite): Epr..ve 1eme etat / forain; lwr. r. (in plate, reversed): f1915; bottom of mat (in graphite): 44 (encircled) / Black #185 / Faxon 168. Verso: lwr. r. (in graphite): Les otages 17631
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.450
Credit Line:Bequest of Helene Brosseau Black (Class of 1931)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
This print depicts a group of walking figures including a mother at left with a boy on her right and a small girl on her left; German officers behind them with guns force them along; refers to deportations of prominent people in World War I.

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