Forbidden Fruit

1880
Not on view
A young girl dressed in a white pinafore over a dark dress and holds an apple in her lap. The background is loosely etched.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Forbidden Fruit
  • Etcher: Charles-Albert Waltner (French, Paris 1846–1925 Paris)
  • Artist: After Sir John Everett Millais (British, Southampton 1829–1896 London)
  • Publisher: British and Foreign Artists' Association (London)
  • Publisher: Knoedler and Co. , Washington DC
  • Date: 1880
  • Medium: Etching on chine collé; proof
  • Dimensions: Image: 10 3/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.9 × 20.2 cm)
    Plate: 12 3/16 × 8 15/16 in. (30.9 × 22.7 cm)
    Sheet: 19 13/16 × 13 7/8 in. (50.3 × 35.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Herman H. Lowenstein, 1973
  • Object Number: 1973.630.16
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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