Woman at a Well

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Woman at a Well, 1842. Etching on ivory wove paper laid down on white wove paper, laid down on ivory wove card.

Etching on ivory wove paper laid down on white wove paper, laid down on ivory wove card · Image/chine: 8.1 × 5.1 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Woman at a Well
Artist: Charles Émile Jacque French, 1813-1894
Date: 1842
Medium: Etching on ivory wove paper laid down on white wove paper, laid down on ivory wove card
Dimensions: Image/chine: 8.1 × 5.1 cm (3 1/4 × 2 1/16 in.); Sheet: 8.8 × 5.7 cm (3 1/2 × 2 1/4 in.); Tertiary support: 14 × 10.5 cm (5 9/16 × 4 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

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