Mavourneen

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Mavourneen, 1876. Drypoint and etching on cream laid paper.

Drypoint and etching on cream laid paper · Image/plate: 37.2 × 20.5 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Mavourneen
Artist: James Tissot French, 1836-1902
Date: 1876
Medium: Drypoint and etching on cream laid paper
Dimensions: Image/plate: 37.2 × 20.5 cm (14 11/16 × 8 1/8 in.); Sheet: 43.2 × 34.4 cm (17 1/16 × 13 9/16 in.)
Credit line: The Charles Deering Collection
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1836–1902

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