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Return to the Port

1839
Not on view
This lithograph relates stylistically to the artist's smaller print also entitled 'Retour au port' , which he completed for the Six Marine series six years earlier. It was believed by art historian Germain Hédiard to be among the artist's best marine lithographs.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Return to the Port
  • Artist: Eugène Isabey (French, Paris 1803–1886 Lagny)
  • Editor: Gibaut Frères, Editions (French)
  • Date: 1839
  • Medium: Lithograph; third state of three
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 17 5/16 × 23 15/16 in. (44 × 60.8 cm)
    Image: 15 5/8 × 21 7/16 in. (39.7 × 54.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1921
  • Object Number: 21.46.2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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