Portrait of Two Brothers
date: label: Date made
content: 1835
name: label: graphic artist
content: Girard, Louise
label: original artist
content: Delaroche, Paul
label: publisher
content: Rittner & Goupil
notes: label: Description
content: <I>Les Deux Frères</I> by Louise Girard after a drawing by Paul Delaroche (1797–1856) of the children of Monsieur de la Villestreux is executed in the crayon manner, a process invented in France. Using special tools on a plate covered with an etching ground, the artist reproduces a drawing. When printed on the appropriate paper with the right kinds of inks, the reproduction closely resembles the original chalk drawing. The French firm Rittner & Goupil published this print on August 22, 1835. The original artist, Paul Delaroche, painted history subjects and portraits. In his day, he was a popular artist in the academic tradition, and engravings after his paintings sold very well in Britain and the United States.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Portraits
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Ferris Collection
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content: Communications
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.15249
label: catalog number
content: 15249
label: accession number
content: 94830
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
label: Object Type
content: Stipple Engraving
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 17 cm x 19.5 cm; 6 11/16 in x 7 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: sheet: 32.5 cm x 25 cm; 12 13/16 in x 9 13/16 in