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Portrait of Auguste Comte (Primary Title)

Félix Bracquemond, French, 1833 - 1914 (Artist)
After, Joseph Guichard, French, 1806 - 1880 (Artist)

1851
French
Prints
Works On Paper
etching on wove paper
European Art
Place Made,France
Sheet: 11 5/8 × 8 3/8 in. (29.5 × 21.3 cm)
Plate: 8 3/4 × 6 1/8 in. (22.2 × 15.6 cm)
Image: 7 3/8 × 5 3/8 in. (18.7 × 13.7 cm)
2011.327
Not on view
Collectors mark of Alfred Morrison (Lugt 151) on verso lower center.
Inscribed in graphite, by the artist, upper center: "7em état/ 1er epreuve __ __ a la __" (?). Printed within image, lower left: "Joseph Guichard del 1850 Bracquemond sculp 1851 aqua forti". Printed in lower margin: "AUGUSTE COMTE./ FONDATEUR DE LA RELIGION DE L'HUMANITÉ." Inscribed in graphite on verso: "48" (?)
Gift of Frank Raysor
Catalogue raisonné: Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes (Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1885-1892): vol. III, pp. 1-171, supplement.
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