Souvenir of St. Valéry-sur-Somme, plate three from Six Marines

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Souvenir of St. Valéry-sur-Somme, plate three from Six Marines, 1833. Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper.

Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper · Image: 30 × 24 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Souvenir of St. Valéry-sur-Somme, plate three from Six Marines
Artist: Eugène Isabey (French, 1803-1886) printed by Charles Étienne Pierre Motte (French, 1785-1836)
Date: 1833
Medium: Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 30 × 24 cm (11 13/16 × 9 1/2 in.); Chine: 36.7 × 26.4 cm (14 1/2 × 10 7/16 in.); Sheet: 43.4 × 34.5 cm (17 1/8 × 13 5/8 in.)
Credit line: Gift of the Print and Drawing Club
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1803–1886

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