Thomas Couture (French, 1815-1879)
printed and manufactured by Jules Desfossé (French, 1816-1889)

The Supper after the Masked Ball, c. 1855

Woodcut with painted and stenciled additions on tan wove paper, laid down on fabric, and stretched on a wooden stretcher
1760 x 2450 mm (image); 1767.5 x 2358.5 mm (sheet, sight)
Zita Cogan, Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Franke, Marjorie Glaser, Inez Heginbotham, Frank Hubachek, Prints and Drawings, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Prussian, and John Winterbotham Memorial Funds; Helen Davis Bailey, Robert M. Chase, Stanley Field, Everett D. Graff, The Hannan Fund, Henry Huxley, William McCallin-McKee Memorial, Prints and Drawings, Joseph T. Ryerson, Elizabeth Gott Templeton, and John H. Wrenn Memorial Endowments; through prior acquisitions of Paula Gerard, Katherine Kuh, and Ellen N. LaMotte, 1999.4