| Maker(s): | Didion (printers), Gangel Freres and P.
| | Culture: | French (19th century)
| | Title: | It Rains, Shepherdess
| | Date Made: | 1860-1880
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Popular broadside, hand-colored woodcut with letterpress text
| | Place Made: | Europe
| | Measurements: | Mat: 28 in x 22 in; 71.12 cm x 55.88 cm; Mount: 16 5/8 in x 13 5/8 in; 42.2275 cm x 34.6075 cm; Sheet: 16 1/4 in x 13 in; 41.275 cm x 33.02 cm; Image: 14 3/4 in x 11 7/8 in; 37.465 cm x 30.1625 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | 36. Anonymous, It Rains, Shepherdess; Il pleut, bergere, 1860-80.:Hand-colored woodcut, 29.6 x 30. Printed by Gangel Freres et P. Didion, Metz. :Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, Jean C. Harris Fund.::The vendors of this woodcut, which is a descendant of more sophisticated prints of the eighteenth century, would have wanted the words sung in the manner of P.J. de Beranger, the immensely popular songwriter of the second quarter of the century. The poem's author, lacking Beranger's wit and bit
| | Accession Number: | MH 1993.8.11
| | Credit Line: | Purchase with the Jean C. Harris Fund
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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