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The Pig-Butcher, 1844. Etching on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper.
Etching on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper · Image/chine: 9.7 × 8.1 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Pig-Butcher
- Artist
- Charles Émile Jacque French, 1813-1894
- Date
- 1844
- Medium
- Etching on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image/chine: 9.7 × 8.1 cm (3 7/8 × 3 1/4 in.); Plate: 12.2 × 11.4 cm (4 13/16 × 4 1/2 in.); Sheet: 26.7 × 18.2 cm (10 9/16 × 7 3/16 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
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.