Dans les cendres (In the ashes) (1894)

(Paul) Albert Besnard

etching and drypoint and roulette on zinc, with surface tone on paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: The Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Materials:

Ink, Paper

Physical Object Description:

Figure sitting in front of fire, their face and hands lit up; plate cut down. Etching, drypoint and roulette on zinc, with surface tone. Signed, dated "1894" and inscribed with dedication.

Technique:

Etching, Drypoint, Roulette

Dimensions:

42.9 x 31.5 cm

Accession Number:

1926,0313.95

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1926

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) for the Contemporary Art Society, with the Prints and Drawings Fund, 1921; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1926

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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