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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 ivory wove paper
Place Made:Europe; France; Paris
Measurements:sheet: 10 5/16 in x 6 7/8 in; 26.19375 cm x 17.4625 cm; image: 6 15/16 in x 4 7/8 in; 17.62125 cm x 12.3825 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Recto: lwr. l. (printed): Helio. Fortier-Marotte, Paris; lwr. ctr., under image (printed): No. 19--LA PEINE DE MORT; lwr. r. (in plate): Felicien Rops.
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.641
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 woman in black dress with long hair kneeling on platform of a guillotine, facing left with arms up and hands at the back of her neck; next level down are skulls under a white cloth.

Subjects:
Photogravures

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