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The Departure by Coach, c. 1780–89. Black chalk, and brush and brown wash, with touches of gray wash, on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid card.
Black chalk, and brush and brown wash, with touches of gray wash, on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid card · 22.7 × 17.2 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Departure by Coach
- Artist
- Jean-Honoré Fragonard French, 1732-1806
- Date
- c. 1780–89
- Medium
- Black chalk, and brush and brown wash, with touches of gray wash, on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid card
- Dimensions
- 22.7 × 17.2 cm (8 15/16 × 6 13/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1732–1806
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.