Retour des champs, Woman riding the fields, print, watermark, printmaker: Jules Bastien-Lepage, France, 1858 - 1884, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 276 mm x width 196 mm, farmers - AA - female farmer, farmer's wife, agricultural implements: rake, raking, A sepia-toned etching shows a woman standing with her back to the viewer in a rural landscape; she wears a long dress with a fitted bodice and rolled sleeves, her hair is gathered at the nape, and one hand rests on her hip while the other holds a long pole that extends across her shoulders toward the right, where a forked implement with protruding teeth is attached. She stands on a path bordered by tall grasses and marshy ground, with scattered low mounds and distant slender tree trunks rising against a sky marked by fine, hatched cloud and wind lines, and tufts of foliage dot the horizon.
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Retour des champs, Woman riding the fields, print, watermark, printmaker: Jules Bastien-Lepage, France, 1858 - 1884, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 276 mm x width 196 mm, farmers - AA - female farmer, farmer's wife, agricultural implements: rake, raking, A sepia-toned etching shows a woman standing with her back to the viewer in a rural landscape; she wears a long dress with a fitted bodice and rolled sleeves, her hair is gathered at the nape, and one hand rests on her hip while the other holds a long pole that extends across her shoulders toward the right, where a forked implement with protruding teeth is attached. She stands on a path bordered by tall grasses and marshy ground, with scattered low mounds and distant slender tree trunks rising against a sky marked by fine, hatched cloud and wind lines, and tufts of foliage dot the horizon.

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Retour des champs Woman riding fields print watermark printmaker Jules Bastien-Lepage France 1858 - 1884 paper etching drypoint intaglio printmaking technique height 276 mm x width 196 mm farmers - AA - female farmer farmer's wife agricultural implements rake raking sepia-toned etching woman standing back viewer rural landscape wears long dress fitted bodice rolled sleeves hair gathered nape hand rests hip holds long pole extends across shoulders right forked implement protruding teeth attached stands path bordered tall grasses marshy ground scattered low mounds distant slender tree trunks rising sky marked fine hatched cloud wind lines tufts foliage dot horizon

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