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Maker(s):Rops, Felicien
Culture:Belgian (1833-1898)
Title:Poisson Rare; Rare Fish
Date Made:1876
Type:Print
Materials:Reproduction of etching on newsprint magazine leaf
Place Made:Europe
Measurements:sheet: 15 7/8 in x 11 3/4 in; 40.3225 cm x 29.845 cm; image: 8 1/2 in x 6 1/4 in; 21.59 cm x 15.875 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Recto: lwr. ctr., in border (printed): NON HIC PISCIS OMNIUM; lwr. ctr., under oval (printed): Dessin de Felicien Rops (d'apres la gravure editee par Pellet); lwr. r. (in plate): F.R. 76.
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.307.16
Credit Line:Bequest of Helene Brosseau Black (Class of 1931)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Magazine leaf from "Le Courrier Francais"; depicts within an oval obrder a kneeling female figure who has fish legs, a tail, fangs and spiky hair; she is staring very intensely at the viewer.

Subjects:
Etching

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