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The Hammock, 1880. Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper.
Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper · Image/plate: 27.9 × 18.3 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Hammock
- Artist
- James Tissot French, 1836-1902
- Date
- 1880
- Medium
- Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image/plate: 27.9 × 18.3 cm (11 × 7 1/4 in.); Sheet: 30 × 19.9 cm (11 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
- Credit line
- The Art Institute of Chicago
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1836–1902
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.




