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The Lawyer Talking to the Prisoner, First Plate

A work made of etching and drypoint on cream laid paper.

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  • A work made of etching and drypoint on cream laid paper.

Date:

March 1909

Artist:

Jean Louis Forain
French, 1852-1931

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jean Louis Forain

Title

The Lawyer Talking to the Prisoner, First Plate

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1909

Medium

Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 23.9 × 29.8 cm (9 7/16 × 11 3/4 in.); Sheet: 50.6 × 64.5 cm (19 15/16 × 25 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Frank B. Hubachek

Reference Number

1974.259

Extended information about this artwork

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