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Maker: Jean François Millet, French, 1814-1875
Date: 1868–69
Medium: Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 19.1 × 12 cm (7 9/16 × 4 3/4 in.); Plate: 20 × 12.9 cm (7 7/8 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 31.9 × 22.6 cm (12 9/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
Place of origin: France
Held by: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
Credit line: Gift of Alice H. Brown in memory of Cyrus Hall McCormick

Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0

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