Les hirondelles

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Les hirondelles
Les hirondelles
Artist/Maker (French, 1833 – 1914)
Datec. 1882
MediumEtching and drypoint
DimensionsPlate: 13 × 11 in. (33 × 27.9 cm) Sheet: 16 1/2 × 12 7/8 in. (41.9 × 32.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Carnegie Corporation
Object number1928.3
Not on view
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Alternate Titles Swallows
Exhibition History 2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).

2007-2008
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "The Best Kind of Life: Edward W. Root as Teacher, Collector, and Naturalist," September 27, 2007 - January 6, 2008 (unnumbered cat.).

1992
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Highlights of the Hamilton College Collection," June 5 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no. 67).
Provenance 1928: Hamilton College (James Library), by gift of Carnegie Corporation
Published References THE BEST KIND OF LIFE: EDWARD W. ROOT AS TEACHER, COLLECTOR, AND NATURALIST (exh. cat. Clinton, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, 2007), 52.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exh cat. Clinton, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, 1992 cat. no. 67).
Signature Recto, lower right margin (pencil): "Bracquemond [underlined]"
Recto, lower left (in plate): "B"
Inscribed Inscribed in pencil on mat at lower right: Bracquemond / Freude, 1833-19A
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