Farm Scene, the Scourer

Description:

This impression of La Recureuse by Charles Jacque is neither signed nor dated. The print shows a farm girl washing a large tub, which has been propped up on a rustic stool or wooden chopping block. The young boy, standing and carrying a shield, originally was shown relieving himself. A later hand, possibly Stephen Ferris’s or Gerome Ferris’s, censored the artist’s composition by whiting out the original activity and inking in a shield. Printed on chine colle.

Date Made: 1845

Graphic Artist: Jacque, Charles Émile

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: France

Subject: FarmingCountry Scenes

Subject:

See more items in: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts, Family & Social Life, Ferris Collection, Communications, Agriculture, Art

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Credit Line: Jean Leon Gerome Ferris

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: GA.14705Catalog Number: 14705Accession Number: 94830

Object Name: printetching on chine colleObject Type: Etching

Physical Description: paper (overall material)ink (overall material)Measurements: image: 6.6 cm x 13.4 cm; 2 5/8 in x 5 1/4 inplate: 7.2 cm x 14.2 cm; 2 13/16 in x 5 9/16 insheet: 22.3 cm x 31.2 cm; 8 3/4 in x 12 5/16 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-e84f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1002218

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