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Maker(s):Bertrand, A.; Rops, Felicien, after
Culture:French (1854-1912)
Title:Etude pour le bout du sillon; Study for the End of the Furrow
Date Made:1872
Type:Print
Materials:Etching on ivory wove paper
Place Made:Europe
Measurements:mat: 17 15/16 in x 14 in; 45.56125 cm x 35.56 cm; sheet: 14 3/4 in x 10 13/16 in; 37.465 cm x 27.46375 cm; plate: 8 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 13.97 cm; image: 8 1/8 in x 5 1/4 in; 20.6375 cm x 13.335 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Recto: lwr. r. (in plate): 72 Rops; lwr. r. (graphite): Le bout du sillon. Verso: lwr r. (graphite): E. No. 874 (Etch.) / Engraved by Bertrand.
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.403
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 two peasants, a young couple, standing in a field embracing and kissing, with the man holding the woman from behind as she holds a rope to a sled (?); she is barefoot and his boots are open.

Subjects:
Etching

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