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The image shows two figures. On the left, an elderly person is standing and holding an infant. The elderly person has spectacles and a headscarf, wearing a long garment with textured patterns. The infant is wrapped up. On the right, another person is reclining on a bed, partially covered by a blanket and pillows. The background shows a patterned wall or curtain and a bedpost.
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The image shows two figures. On the left, an elderly person is standing and holding an infant. The elderly person has spectacles and a headscarf, wearing a long garment with textured patterns. The infant is wrapped up. On the right, another person is reclining on a bed, partially covered by a blanket and pillows. The background shows a patterned wall or curtain and a bedpost.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Birth Announcement for Anne-Élisabeth Besnard (Carte de naissance d'Anne-Élisabeth Besnard)

Albert Besnard

Date
1922
Medium
etching and drypoint on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 17.2 x 11.9 cm (6 3/4 x 4 11/16 in.) sheet: 20.2 x 13.5 cm (7 15/16 x 5 5/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1993.71.20
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • etching
  • drypoint
  • stages of life
  • child
  • portrait
  • Artist's Daughter
Provenance

Professor and Mrs. Daniel Bell, Cambridge; gift to NGA, 1993.

Inscription

lower right in graphite: Besnard; across bottom in graphite: (not deciphered) Naissance Anne E. Besnard 1e Et; by later hand?, lower left in graphite: 5; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 5582

Marks

None.

Watermarks

[illeg].

NGA object ID 83880. 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.