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The Widower, 1877. Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper.
Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper · Image/plate: 35.2 × 22.8 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Widower
- Artist
- James Tissot French, 1836-1902
- Date
- 1877
- Medium
- Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image/plate: 35.2 × 22.8 cm (13 7/8 × 9 in.); Sheet: 46.6 × 33.3 cm (18 3/8 × 13 1/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Douglas Druick
- 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.