Lincoln Family
1890 · Lithograph on paper
Image: 42.5 × 63.8 cm (16 3/4 × 25 1/8")
National Portrait Gallery
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Edward Valois
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- SmithsonianTier 1 · Institutional40%
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Edward Valois was a French printmaker whose brief career spanned the mid-19th century. Working primarily in intaglio and relief techniques, he produced prints that engaged with the social and political currents of Second Empire France. His output, though limited by his death at age thirty, demonstrates technical precision and a commitment to the documentary potential of the print medium. Little is known of his training or exhibition history.
Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 40% · Updated 1mo ago
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, D.C., United States
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National Portrait Gallery
City of Westminster, United Kingdom
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