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Maker(s):Rops, Felicien
Culture:Belgian (1833-1898)
Title:La peine de mort; Death Penalty
Date Made:1891?
Type:Print
Materials:Heliogravure on white wove paper
Place Made:Europe
Measurements:mat: 19 15/16 in x 15 3/4 in; 50.64125 cm x 40.005 cm; sheet: 18 13/16 in x 12 13/16 in; 47.78375 cm x 32.54375 cm; image: 13 9/16 in x 9 7/16 in; 34.44875 cm x 23.97125 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Recto: lwr. l. (in plate): Felicien Rops; lwr. r. (graphite): la peine de mort. Verso: lwr. r. (graphite): E. 1032 (hel.); lwr. r. (graphite): 13.
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.336
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 guillotine to the left with a kneeling woman dressed in black facing right, her hands to her head; severed heads on steps below partially covered by white sheet; looks like dusk in background.

Subjects:
Photogravures

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