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Maker(s):Bertrand, A.; Rops, Felicien, after
Culture:French (1854-1912)
Title:Bete de Somme et Sommier; Burden of the Bed
Date Made:1912
Type:Print
Materials:Color engraving on heavy ivory wove paper
Place Made:Europe
Measurements:support: 17 7/8 in x 14 1/16 in; 45.4025 cm x 35.71875 cm; sheet: 12 13/16 in x 9 7/8 in; 32.54375 cm x 25.0825 cm; plate: 11 3/8 in x 7 1/8 in; 28.8925 cm x 18.0975 cm; image: 8 in x 4 1/4 in; 20.32 cm x 10.795 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Recto: lwr. l, under platemark (graphite): grave per Bertrand III etat / ouvre de troit [?]; ctr. l. (graphite): F.R.; ctr. l. (graphtie): Bette de somme et de sommier; ctr. l. (graphite): [monogram...?]; upr. r. (graphite): 1356; lwr. r., under platemark (graphite): Les deux [...] a kg. of Spry-Fat. Verso: lwr. l. (graphite): E 870 / 3rd state.
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.401
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 scantily clad standing red-haired woman with a blue ribbon on her hair and around her waist; she is looking left but is seen from the back and perhaps holding a petticoat.

Subjects:
Engraving

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