Caption

Le Graveur sur fout, Man engraves on glass, photomechanical print, photographer: Henri Colon, cliché maker: Fillon & Heuse, printer (person): Charles Wittmann, Paris, c. 1891 - in or before 1896, printer (person), paper, photoaquatint, height 179 mm x width 142 mm, handicrafts, glass, An older man wearing a dark beret and round glasses sits at a cluttered workbench, holding a small object close to his face with both hands while looking down; he wears a dark garment with a light ruffled collar and sleeves, and a patterned sleeve is visible on one arm. Around him on the bench are several glass beakers and bottles, a cloth, and various tools, and to his right is a large ornate device with a rounded base and a vertical spindle. Behind him are tall multi-paned windows and shelving with indistinct objects, and the scene is rendered in a grainy monochrome texture.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A81_122

License type

Rights managed

Available size

56.1Mb (8.3Mb) / 12.9in x 16.8in / 3883 x 5048 (300dpi)

Keywords

Le Graveur fout Man engraves glass photomechanical print photographer Henri Colon cliché maker Fillon & Heuse printer person Charles Wittmann Paris c 1891 - 1896 paper photoaquatint height 179 mm x width 142 mm handicrafts older man wearing dark beret round glasses sits cluttered workbench holding small object close face hands looking down wears dark garment light ruffled collar sleeves patterned sleeve visible arm bench several glass beakers bottles cloth various tools right large ornate device rounded base vertical spindle tall multi-paned windows shelving indistinct objects scene rendered grainy monochrome texture