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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1949,0411.2749
Title
Object:
L'Avocat parlant au prévenu (seconde planche)
Description
Barrister at left speaking to defendant in courtroom, woman with her child sitting on bench in foreground. 1909 Etching with some surface tone, printed on cream laid paper
Producer name
Print made by:
Jean Louis Forain
School/style
French
Production date
1909
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
217 millimetres
Width:
290 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Guérin 1912 / J-L Forain, Aquafortiste: Catalogue Raisonné de l'Oeuvre Gravé de l'Artiste (avec une eau-forte originale)
(55.II)
Faxon 1982 / Jean-Louis Forain, a catalogue raisonné of the prints
(66.II)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
law/order
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Campbell Dodgson
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Mme L Barthelemy
(Purchased by Dodgson on 29.iii.1913 for 250 FRF)
Acquisition date
1949
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1949,0411.2749