Girl Holding Lamb

Description:

Gerome Ferris etched this print after French artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s (1825–1905) New Born Lamb, painted in 1873. Ferris’s print appeared in the catalog for the 1887 New York auction of the A. T. Stewart collection, as a reproductive etching advertising the painting for sale.

Gerome Ferris had studied with Bouguereau in Paris in 1884 at the Académie Julian, a co-ed art school with no entrance exams and low fees. An academic-style painter, Bouguereau’s work was highly regarded in his day.

Date Made: 1887

Original Artist: Bouguereau, William-AdolpheGraphic Artist: Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States

Subject: Sheep

Subject:

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Credit Line: Jean Leon Gerome Ferris

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: GA.14560Catalog Number: 14560Accession Number: 94830

Object Name: print

Physical Description: paper (overall material)ink (overall material)Measurements: image: 20 cm x 10.5 cm; 7 7/8 in x 4 1/8 inplate: 22.5 cm x 17.5 cm; 8 7/8 in x 6 7/8 insheet: 31.5 cm x 25.5 cm; 12 3/8 in x 10 1/16 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-e11a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1002060

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