The Vulture
1904 · etching
Sheet: 60.8 x 44.4 cm (23 15/16 x 17 1/2 in.); Platemark: 36.4 x 26.5 cm (14 5/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Cleveland Museum of Art

Louis Français was a French landscape painter, lithographer, and illustrator whose commercial success in the 19th century rested on meticulous pen-and-ink drawings and prints. His prolific work as an illustrator appeared in roughly forty books and periodicals from the 1830s onward, characterized by technical precision and economical line.
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