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Flowering Chrysanthemum
Public Domain

Francis Scott King and Léon Bonvin

Flowering Chrysanthemum

1884

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Flowering Chrysanthemum

1884

Physical Qualities Wood engraving, Image: 158 × 122 mm. (6 1/4 × 4 13/16 in.)
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.48.16538
After Bonvin's watercolor Flowering Chrysanthemum, 1863 (Walters Art Museum). One of a number of proof wood engravings on Japan paper in the Lucas Collection which were published as illustrations to articles or books related to Theodore Child. This one appeared in Philippe Burty, "Léon Bonvin," Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 72, issue 427 (December 1885), p. 36.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris

Inscribed: None

Markings: None

Artist

Francis Scott King

1849–1912

American, 1850 - 1913
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Artist

Léon Bonvin

1833–1865

French, 1834-1866
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