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Maker(s):Buhot, Félix Hilaire
Culture:French (1847-1898)
Title:Le Diable Imprimeur [The Printer's Devil]
Date Made:1878
Type:Print
Materials:Etching
Place Made:Europe
Measurements:Mat: 14 1/4 in x 19 1/4 in; 36.2 cm x 48.9 cm; Sheet: 6 7/16 in x 8 1/16 in; 16.4 cm x 20.5 cm; Plate/Image: 4 11/16 in x 6 1/4 in; 11.9 cm x 15.9 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Obverse: ctr. r. (stamped in red ink): artist's mark: F B and an owl surmounting a circle. Image: lwr. l. (printed in black ink): Felix Buhot 78. Reverse: upp. r. (in pencil): 22, in a circle; upp.l. (in pencil): no 623-R
Accession Number:  MH 2008.7.2
Credit Line:Purchased with the Teri J. Edelstein Art Acquisition Fund
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Black ink etching of a winged, horned, and tailed devil at left holding a blank sheet intended for the printing press. A quarter of the round machinery and gears used for printing appears in the immediate right of the foreground, with additional sections of the apparatus in the background.

Subjects:
Etching

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