Le Havre

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1862

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Le Havre, 1862. watercolor, gouache and black chalk; framing lines in black chalk.

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watercolor, gouache and black chalk; framing lines in black chalk · Sheet: 30.5 x 48.8 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art

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Museum title: Le Havre
Artist: Johan Barthold Jongkind (Dutch, 1819–1891)
Date: 1862
Medium: watercolor, gouache and black chalk; framing lines in black chalk
Dimensions: Sheet: 30.5 x 48.8 cm (12 x 19 3/16 in.)
Credit line: Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Cleveland Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1819–1891

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