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Image: The Watchers (La Veillée)

Photo Credit: photo: M. Johnston
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The Watchers (La Veillée)

ca. 1855-1856
19th century
151 x 110 mm (5.9 x 4.3 in.)

Jean-François Millet, French, (1814–1875)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Etching printed in brown ink, possibly with pen on laid paper
State: First of two states
Print impression quality: Fair (zinc plate); foul biting along plate mark
Marks: Unsigned; inscribed by Frederick Keppel on lower margin: "LeBrun No. 15 on zinc and plate destroyed after very few proofs were taken. This proof was printed by Millet without a press. On page 10 of the catalogue Millet's method of printing is described - From the artist's own collection. FK"
Bibliography: Loys Delteil 14; Melot 14; Alfred Lebrun 15. “Very few impressions taken when Millet destroyed the plate” (Lebrun, p. 30).
Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1937
Accession Number: 1937.D1.122

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This object has the following keywords:
agriculture*, France*, genre*, labor*
  • agriculture - Science or art of cultivating the soil, harvesting crops, and raising livestock. W [April 1996 descriptor moved. November 1995 related term added. July 1993 descriptor moved. February 1991 alternate term added.]
  • France - TGN 1000070
  • genre - Use for pictorial representations, which may be in various media, that represent scenes or events from everyday life; usually used with another term such as "paintings" or "prints." [April 1991 descriptor moved.]
  • labor - Usage in the sense of physical work

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  • plate Dimensions: 151 x 110 mm (5.9 x 4.3 in.)

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