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The Shower

Etching of a herd of sheep on a bank approaching water in the foreground as rain begins to fall, a man and dog behind them.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • Etching of a herd of sheep on a bank approaching water in the foreground as rain begins to fall, a man and dog behind them.

Date:

c. 1851

Artist:

Charles François Daubigny
French, 1817-1878

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Charles François Daubigny

Title

The Shower

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.

1846–1856

Medium

Etching on light gray chine laid down on white wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 13.5 × 23.3 cm (5 3/8 × 9 3/16 in.); Plate: 19.5 × 26 cm (7 11/16 × 10 1/4 in.); Sheet: 29.6 × 42.4 cm (11 11/16 × 16 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection

Reference Number

1887.438

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