La Cathédrale (The Cathedral) (1886)

James Sidney Edouard Ensor

etching and drypoint

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Physical Object Description:

Crowd and soldiers assembled in front of gothic cathedral decorated with banderoles; second state. 1886 Etching and drypoint. Signed and dated on plate: "Ensor / 1886".

Technique:

Etching, Drypoint

Dimensions:

24.7 x 19 cm

Accession Number:

1931,1114.42

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1931

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1930; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1931

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Cathedrals, Architecture

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