Flying Raven: ex libris

Edouard Manet (French, 1832–1883)

1875

Medium/TechniqueLithograph on heavy, speckled parchment

DimensionsSheet: 18 x 29.2 cm (7 1/16 x 11 1/2 in.)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Wick

Accession number57.564

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InscriptionsInscribed in pen and black ink by the publisher, Richard Lesclide, with a poem titled "Impromptu" [four stanzas of six lines each]. Dedicated to "Monsieur l'Avocat général Bregeault" and dated February 1898.

ProvenanceDedicated by the publisher, Richard Lesclide, to "Monsieur l'Avocat général Bregeault," February 1898; collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Wick; their gift to the MFA, 5 June 1957.