Jules Michelin
Of a Sad Evening
1861-1862
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 241 x 319 mm. (9 1/2 x 12 9/16 in.)
Plate: 78 x 128 mm. (3 1/16 x 5 1/16 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
1996.48.8780
From the book "Edmond Roche, Poésies posthumes (Paris: Michel Lévy, 1863)"
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: Signed and dated in plate: lower left "Michelin / 1862" Inscribed in pencil: bottom left "Soir triste, pour les oeuvres posthumes d'Edmond Roche. La planche aciérée 39 Epreuves vergé[crossed out] chine / 26 mai 1862"
Markings: Stamp: verso "J.M." (not identified; Lugt 1487)
