Object Details
publisher
Avery, Samuel Putnam
graphic artist
Ferris, Stephen James
Description
Stephen James Ferris etched this group portrait The Barbizon School: Seven French Artists as a frontispiece for the auction catalog of works from the J. C. Runkle collection, sold in New York in March 1883. Artists of the Barbizon School, named after a rural village in France near which many of them worked outdoors, specialized in realistic landscapes and animal paintings. Samuel P. Avery had arranged the sale and the catalog, which was illustrated with fifteen etchings by four American etchers. This print marks the first time that an auction catalog contained an original etching, as opposed to the usual reproductive etchings. The New York Times gave a favorable review of Ferris’s print.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
Date made
1883
ID Number
GA.14508
accession number
94830
catalog number
14508
Object Name
Print
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements
image: 17.5 cm x 9.5 cm; 6 7/8 in x 3 3/4 in
plate: 20 cm x 13.5 cm; 7 7/8 in x 5 5/16 in
sheet: 40.5 cm x 30.5 cm; 15 15/16 in x 12 in
place made
United States
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Communications
Art
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Portraits
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1001962