Caption
Various figure types from mining, print, inscription: '1er Etat', printmaker: Karl Meunier (signed by artist), 1874 - 1894, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching with plate tone, height 298 mm x width 205 mm, human types, mine, miner, A sepia-toned pencil or ink drawing showing multiple loosely sketched human faces and partial figures arranged across the surface. At the top left a profile of a young person looking upward with a headscarf, and nearby a three-quarter profile of a person facing right with hair covered, both rendered with delicate contour lines. Toward the upper right a frontal figure stands with hands on hips and a neutral expression, and a separate male face wearing a brimmed hat appears with a downward gaze. In the middle area an architectural element resembling an arched bridge or gate is drawn with vertical and horizontal hatch marks, and a reclining or leaning figure with folded arms overlaps this section. The lower portion contains several overlapped heads and faces, some wearing hats of different shapes, all depicted with linear hatching to suggest facial features and shading; one face looks upward while others look forward or to the side. The entire composition uses fine linework and crosshatching on a textured beige background, with no color variation beyond the monochrome tone.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B19_152
License type
Rights managed
Available size
49.2Mb (5.6Mb) / 11.3in x 16.9in / 3403 x 5058 (300dpi)