Charles-François Daubigny and A. Beillet
The Pig in an Orchard
1859
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 273 x 359 mm. (10 3/4 x 14 1/8 in.)
Plate: 121 x 168 mm. (4 3/4 x 6 5/8 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
1996.48.4160
From the series "Second series of etchings" (see Delteil/Melot 81-85, 88, 90, 91, 96; see also Delteil/Melot 97). It is not clear what the "official" name of this series was and indeed Melot claims that there is still general confusion about this series - "although some plates have a number, it is not known how the prints were exploited commercially, if they were sold under the same cover as the first series [see Delteil/Melot 66-78] or separately, nor if they had as successful a sale as the first series which, we have seen, went through several editions."
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
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Inscribed: Signed and inscribed in plate: lower left "Daubigny"; lower center "un cochon de propriètaire qui ne fera de bien qu'après sa mort"; lower right "IMP. BEILLET" Inscribed in pencil: verso, in Lucas' hand "Coln. Chaplin"
Markings: None
