Stairs in Front of a House

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Stairs in Front of a House, 1843. Etching on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper.

Etching on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper · Image: 4.3 × 7 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Stairs in Front of a House
Artist: Charles Émile Jacque French, 1813-1894
Date: 1843
Medium: Etching on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 4.3 × 7 cm (1 3/4 × 2 13/16 in.); Chine: 15.2 × 7.6 cm (6 × 3 in.); Plate: 20.1 × 12.9 cm (7 15/16 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 43.3 × 31.1 cm (17 1/16 × 12 1/4 in.)
Credit line: The Charles Deering Collection
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1813–1894

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.