Caption

Avant la pèche, Girl lying in the grass, L'eau-forte en 1880, French etching from 1880, print, Series number, 12, 30, collector's mark: 'AFE v S', watermark, printmaker: Pierre-Célestin Billet, publisher: widow Alfred Cadart, Paris, 1880, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 199 mm x width 273 mm, girl (child between toddler and youth), lying figure - AA - female human figure, A person lies prone on grassy ground facing away from the viewer, wearing a cap and a dark textured coat, with a patterned woven bag or basket beside them and legs stretched out showing rolled trousers and simple footwear; the foreground shows detailed grass and small plants rendered with fine lines, and the middle distance contains low shoreline vegetation and a distant pair of small figures standing near the water; the sky above is wide and pale with wispy, horizontal cloud lines and scattered small birds.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B25_232

License type

Rights managed

Available size

44.8Mb (8.5Mb) / 15.2in x 11.5in / 4552 x 3439 (300dpi)

Keywords

Avant la pèche Girl lying grass L'eau-forte en 1880 French etching 1880 print Series number 12 30 collector's mark AFE v S watermark printmaker Pierre-Célestin Billet publisher widow Alfred Cadart Paris paper etching drypoint intaglio printmaking technique height 199 mm x width 273 mm girl child toddler youth lying figure - AA - female human figure person lies prone grassy ground facing away viewer wearing cap dark textured coat patterned woven bag basket beside them legs stretched showing rolled trousers simple footwear foreground detailed grass small plants rendered fine lines middle distance contains low shoreline vegetation distant pair small figures standing near water sky wide pale wispy horizontal cloud lines scattered small birds