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The image shows an etching of a man's head and shoulders. His gaze is directed towards the viewer. The man has a mustache, goatee, and short dark hair styled away from his face. He wears a collared garment with a bow tie or cravat. The background is plain, and the etching is mounted on textured paper. The artist's signature is in the bottom right corner of the image.
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The image shows an etching of a man's head and shoulders. His gaze is directed towards the viewer. The man has a mustache, goatee, and short dark hair styled away from his face. He wears a collared garment with a bow tie or cravat. The background is plain, and the etching is mounted on textured paper. The artist's signature is in the bottom right corner of the image.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Baudelaire

Félix Bracquemond after Charles Baudelaire

Date
1869
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 13.5 × 11.8 cm (5 5/16 × 4 5/8 in.) sheet: 30 × 21.2 cm (11 13/16 × 8 3/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2024.83.7
Credit line
Gift of Faya Causey in memory of Philip Conisbee
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record
Provenance

Philip Conisbee and Faya Causey, Washington, DC, purchased in London before 1986; gift to NGA, 2024

Inscription

recto: at lower right, in black ink: B [underlined]; at bottom left in graphite in later hand: B12 [?] reduction de [?]; verso: at bottom right in graphite in later hand: 951279

Marks

none

Watermarks

partial [two spirals]

NGA object ID 229879. 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.