Object Details
original artist
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe
graphic artist
Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome
Description
Gerome Ferris etched this print after French artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s (1825–1905) New Born Lamb, painted in 1873. Ferris’s print appeared in the catalog for the 1887 New York auction of the A. T. Stewart collection, as a reproductive etching advertising the painting for sale.
Gerome Ferris had studied with Bouguereau in Paris in 1884 at the Académie Julian, a co-ed art school with no entrance exams and low fees. An academic-style painter, Bouguereau’s work was highly regarded in his day.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
Date made
1887
ID Number
GA.14560
catalog number
14560
accession number
94830
Object Name
print
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements
image: 20 cm x 10.5 cm; 7 7/8 in x 4 1/8 in
plate: 22.5 cm x 17.5 cm; 8 7/8 in x 6 7/8 in
sheet: 31.5 cm x 25.5 cm; 12 3/8 in x 10 1/16 in
place made
United States
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Communications
Art
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Sheep
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1002060