The Engraver Joseph Tourny

Sitter Joseph-Gabriel Tourny French
1857, printed mid-1860s
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: The Engraver Joseph Tourny
  • Artist: Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris)
  • Sitter: Joseph-Gabriel Tourny (French, 1817–1880)
  • Date: 1857, printed mid-1860s
  • Medium: Etching on laid paper; third printing with surface tone
  • Dimensions: plate: 9 1/16 x 5 11/16 in. (23 x 14.4 cm)
    sheet: 18 15/16 x 13 13/16 in. (48.1 x 35.1 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927
  • Object Number: 27.5.5
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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