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The Upper Half of a Swing Door

The Upper Half of a Swing Door
(Le Haut d'un Battant de Porte)
1852

Medium
etching

Measurements
28.1 × 38.4 cm (image) 28.7 × 39.0 cm irreg. (chine) 30.6 × 40.0 cm (platemark) 35.2 × 48.0 cm (support)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1947

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Beraldi 110 iv

Edition
4th state

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) c.: Ici, tu vois tristement pendre / Oiseaux pillards et convoiteux... / A leurs pariels c'est nom apprendre / Que voler et voler sont deux...
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: F Bracquemond / inv & fec (underlined) / 1852
printed in ink below image l.c.: Le Haut d'un battant de porte
printed in ink below image l.r.: Imp. Delâtre rue de Bièvre 19 Paris

Accession Number
1787-4

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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