Les bêcheurs (The Diggers)

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Photography by David Revette.
Les bêcheurs (The Diggers)
Photography by David Revette.
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College. Photograph by David Revette. © Danny Lyon
Artist/Maker (French, 1814 – 1875)
Printer (French, 1822 - 1907)
Datec. 1855
MediumEtching
DimensionsComposition: 8 13/16 × 12 13/16 in. (22.4 × 32.5 cm) Plate: 9 5/16 × 13 5/16 in. (23.7 × 33.8 cm) Sheet: 12 × 15 5/8 in. (30.5 × 39.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Carnegie Corporation
Object number1928.15
On view

Additional Details

Exhibition History 2005
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). Hamilton Collects, "A Century of Curiosities: The Story of the Hamilton College Collection," September 29 - December 30, 2005 (unnumbered cat.).
Provenance 1928: Hamilton College (James Library), by gift of Carnegie Corporation.
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