Pécheuse à Veules-en-Caux, Resting fisherwoman on the coast, print, Top left numbered 509., printmaker: Pierre-Célestin Billet, France, publisher: widow Alfred Cadart, Paris, 1847 - 1913, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 238 mm x width 160 mm, coast, fisherman, resting - BB - out of doors, A seated figure viewed from behind wears a loose garment and a head covering, with hair visible beneath the covering and a turned profile of the face. The figure holds a long handled tool that rests against a large woven basket strapped to the back. The person sits on a textured surface that looks like piled material and there is another woven container at their side. In the background a wide open flat landscape stretches to the horizon with sparse vegetation and a few simple linear marks suggesting distant objects. A small cluster of birds is drawn in the sky above the horizon. The image is rendered in fine dark lines on a pale, aged paper.
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Pécheuse à Veules-en-Caux, Resting fisherwoman on the coast, print, Top left numbered 509., printmaker: Pierre-Célestin Billet, France, publisher: widow Alfred Cadart, Paris, 1847 - 1913, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 238 mm x width 160 mm, coast, fisherman, resting - BB - out of doors, A seated figure viewed from behind wears a loose garment and a head covering, with hair visible beneath the covering and a turned profile of the face. The figure holds a long handled tool that rests against a large woven basket strapped to the back. The person sits on a textured surface that looks like piled material and there is another woven container at their side. In the background a wide open flat landscape stretches to the horizon with sparse vegetation and a few simple linear marks suggesting distant objects. A small cluster of birds is drawn in the sky above the horizon. The image is rendered in fine dark lines on a pale, aged paper.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A85_266

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Pécheuse à Veules-en-Caux Resting fisherwoman coast print Top left numbered 509 printmaker Pierre-Célestin Billet France publisher widow Alfred Cadart Paris 1847 - 1913 paper etching drypoint intaglio printmaking technique height 238 mm x width 160 mm fisherman resting - BB - doors seated figure viewed wears loose garment head covering hair visible beneath covering turned profile face figure holds long handled tool rests large woven basket strapped back person sits textured surface looks piled material another woven container side background wide open flat landscape stretches horizon sparse vegetation simple linear marks suggesting distant objects small cluster birds drawn sky image rendered fine dark lines pale aged paper

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