Man with a Broken Pitcher

Description:

La Cruche Cassée etched by Charles Jacque shows a seated man with a broken pitcher in his left hand, at which he gestures with his right. Shards from the pitcher lie on the floor, and a basket tilts off the edge of the table, on which sits an empty glass. It appears that Jacque is chronicling the kind of mishap that can befall the drinking man. Before concentrating on depictions of rural life, Jacque made caricatures for a satiric magazine. In his prints, however, he presented the life of rural people sympathetically, not satirically.

Date Made: 1844

Graphic Artist: Jacque, Charles Émile

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: France

Subject: Country Scenes

Subject:

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

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: GA.14706Catalog Number: 14706Accession Number: 94830

Object Name: printObject Type: Etching

Physical Description: paper (overall material)ink (overall material)Measurements: image: 10.9 cm x 9.4 cm; 4 5/16 in x 3 11/16 inplate: 21.5 cm x 16 cm; 8 7/16 in x 6 5/16 insheet: 31.3 cm x 24.3 cm; 12 5/16 in x 9 9/16 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-febc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1003651

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