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The prisoner and the child

The prisoner and the child
(Le Prévenu et l’enfant)
 (1909)

Medium
etching in brown ink
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1914
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
etching in brown ink
Measurements
38.8 × 29.0 cm (image) 39.8 × 29.9 cm (plate) 58.8 × 42.3 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Faxon iii/iv; Guérin 52 ii/iii
Edition
3rd of 4 states
Inscription
inscribed in black chalk l.r. Forain
Accession Number
603-2
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1914
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Daily Life Human Figures Relationships and Interactions
Subjects (specific)
families (kinship groups) infants men (male humans) prisoners women (female humans)

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