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Maker(s):Legros, Alphonse
Culture:French (1837-1911)
Title:La Mort et le Bucheron [Death and the Woodcutter] Bliss-Wright 142 xi.
Date Made:1876
Type:Print
Materials:Etching in black ink on ivory paper
Place Made:Europe
Measurements:Mat: 22 in x 16 1/16 in; 55.9 cm x 40.8 cm; Sheet: 16 15/16 in x 11 11/16 in; 43 cm x 29.7 cm; Plate: 12 15/16 in x 9 9/16 in; 32.9 cm x 24.3 cm; Image: 12 9/16 in x 9 1/8 in; 31.9 cm x 23.2 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1988.14.182
Credit Line:Gift of Helene B. Black (Class of 1931)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Death figure, left, hooded, carrying scythe. Man, half kneeling, half falling, center, holding knife and bundle of faggots. The death figure emits light rays (or stands in front of them) They are in the woods.

Tags:
architecture; buildings; ancient; columns; ruins; temples; people; international

Subjects:
Architecture; Buildings; Civilization, Ancient; Columns; Etching; Human beings; Ruins; Temples

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