English Spoken Here
Artist
Alfred Grevin
(French, 1827 - 1892)
Date1864
MediumLithograph
DimensionsSheet: 16 13/16 × 11 3/4 inches (42.75 × 29.85 cm)
Mat: 19 5/8 × 12 3/4 inches (49.86 × 32.39 cm)
Mat: 19 5/8 × 12 3/4 inches (49.86 × 32.39 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.300
SignedOn sheet recto, near top, in black text: "A. GREVIN";
In original image, lower right, in black: "GILLOT - SC".
InscribedOn image recto, top, in black: "ENGLISH SPOKEN / HERE";
Captioned on sheet recto, below image, in black ink: "CHEZ LE PHOTOGRAPHE. / --Voici le pôse le pliou nétiourel de moâ!" [Translation: Photographer studio / This is the pose...]
MarkingsOn sheet recto, lower right, in black type: "223246";
On mat recto, lower right, in pencil: "Grevin" / "FGSEH".
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DescriptionIllustration published in Journal Amusant depicting a man with a long beard holding a book in his hands as he leans back onto the curved handle of an umbrella. He faces a camera on a tripod and two women look on with binoculars in their hands. Additional images and captions on sheet verso.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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