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The prisoner and the child

Jean-Louis FORAIN
The prisoner and the child
(Le Prévenu et l’enfant)
 (1909)

Medium
etching in brown ink

Measurements
38.8 × 29.0 cm (image) 39.8 × 29.9 cm (plate) 58.8 × 42.3 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1914

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

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

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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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