The Lectern

Gift of an Anonymous Donor

Catalogue

Year: 1871
Medium: Black chalk with smudging, scraping and erasing with traces of white chalk on cream laid paper
Dimensions: 56.5 × 41.2 cm (22 1/4 × 16 1/4 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Léon Augustin L'hermitte

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Léon Augustin Lhermitte was a French naturalist painter and etcher whose primary subject matter was rural scenes depicting peasants at work.

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Artist: Léon Augustin L'hermitte
Year: 1871
Medium: Black chalk with smudging, scraping and erasing with traces of white chalk on cream laid paper
Dimensions: 56.5 × 41.2 cm (22 1/4 × 16 1/4 in.)
Watts ID: WW-1871-331119

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