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The Jing-lar Society, Diploma of Fantin-Latour

(French, 1833–1914)
about 1867
Medium/TechniqueEtching on Japanese style paper with hand coloring
DimensionsSheet: 21 × 28.8 cm (8 1/4 × 11 5/16 in.)
Credit LineKatherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession number2018.30
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed in brown ink, with the signatures of the members of the Jing-lar Society: "Fantin" in the cloud of smoke above the volcano and the following names inscribed within the placard: "L. Solon - Bracquemond / Ph. Burty / J. Nérat / Z. Astruc / H. Fantin - Alph. Hirsch / Prudence / Bracquemond (?)" Inscribed in graphite on verso "94" or "97"
ProvenanceAlfred Beurdeley (b. 1847 – d. 1919; Lugt 421), Paris; March 18-19, 1921, possibly included in the posthumous Beurdeley sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, among “sujets divers.” By 2004, Frederick Mulder Ltd., London; 2004, sold by Mulder to Eric Gillis Fine Art, Brussels; 2018, sold by Eric Gillis Fine Art to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 21, 2018)