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Maker(s):Rops, Felicien
Culture:Belgian (1833-1898)
Title:Sonnet [angel pulling bellrope . . .]
Date Made:n.r.
Type:Print
Materials:Etching on ivory wove paper
Place Made:Europe
Measurements:sheet: 10 13/16 in x 6 3/4 in; 27.46375 cm x 17.145 cm; plate: 6 1/8 in x 3 3/8 in; 15.5575 cm x 8.5725 cm; image: 4 3/4 in x 3 in; 12.065 cm x 7.62 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Unsigned. Recto: ctr. & throughout image (in plate): SONNET. Verso: lwr. r. (graphite): E. No. 476 (Etch.).
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.629
Credit Line:Bequest of Helene Brosseau Black (Class of 1931)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
mh_1991_4_629_v1_01.jpg

Description:
This print depicts an angel pulling a bellrope, with sonnet leaflets falling from the bell tower; a second angel is reading the leaflets.

Subjects:
Etching

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