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Maker(s):Rops, Felicien
Culture:Belgian (1833-1898)
Title:Les Diaboliques: Le Dessous de cartes d'une partie de Whist; The Devilish Ones: The Secret of the Whist Party
Type:Print
Materials:Reproduction of heliogravure and etching on newsprint magazine leaf
Place Made:Europe; France
Measurements:sheet: 15 7/8 in x 11 3/4 in; 40.3225 cm x 29.845 cm; image: 9 1/4 in x 6 3/8 in; 23.495 cm x 16.1925 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Recto: lwr. ctr., at border (printed): LES DIABOLIQUES: le dessous de cartes d'une partie de whist; lwr. ctr., under border (printed): D'apres le dessin origtinal de Felicien Rops (Pellet, editeur); lwr. r. (in plate): Felicien Rops.
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.307.4
Credit Line:Bequest of Helene Brosseau Black (Class of 1931)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Magazine leaf from "Le Courrier Francais"; depicts a bony woman standing left of center dressed in black evening dress (off the shoulder) with gloved hands over her mouth and under a ring; she is standing on a small dead (?) child and she is inside what appears to be a locked room.

Subjects:
Etching

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