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Two women are shown standing behind a slightly inclined fence, facing a group of colorful birds. The woman in the foreground has dark hair and a hat with a yellow decoration, wearing a dark dress with puffy sleeves and gloves. She has her chin resting on her hands. The second woman, behind her, wears a white hat with a veil and lighter-colored clothing. The background has lush foliage and larger trees on the right. Several vividly colored birds are in the foreground.
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Two women are shown standing behind a slightly inclined fence, facing a group of colorful birds. The woman in the foreground has dark hair and a hat with a yellow decoration, wearing a dark dress with puffy sleeves and gloves. She has her chin resting on her hands. The second woman, behind her, wears a white hat with a veil and lighter-colored clothing. The background has lush foliage and larger trees on the right. Several vividly colored birds are in the foreground.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Au Jardin d'Acclimatation (In the Zoological Garden)

Félix Bracquemond

Date
1870s
Medium
color etching and aquatint on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 18.8 × 20 cm (7 3/8 × 7 7/8 in.) plate: 21.2 × 21.8 cm (8 3/8 × 8 9/16 in.) sheet: 26.5 × 26.4 cm (10 7/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2023.178.10
Credit line
The Helena E. M. Gunnarsson Fund
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record
Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); purchased by NGA, 2023

Inscription

recto: below image, at right, in graphite: Bracquemond [underlined]; verso: at upper right, in graphite, in later hand: AL [?] 51 / III

Marks

None.

Watermarks

None.

NGA object ID 227694. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.