A Guard Post (Un Poste de garde)
1871
Medium
etching on Japanese paper
Dimensions
image: 9 × 14 cm (3 9/16 × 5 1/2 in.) plate: 16.2 × 20.9 cm (6 3/8 × 8 1/4 in.) sheet: 23 × 31.1 cm (9 1/16 × 12 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Carol and James Goodfriend
Accession Number
2021.113.28
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Maxime Lalanne · 1827–1886
François Antoine Maxime Lalanne (1827–1886) was born in Bordeaux into a family of civil servants, initially pursuing classical studies and a law career. At the Institution Oré, he learned drawing from instructor Saulnier and showed early promise, exhibiting pencil and pastel works at Bordeaux's Philomathique Society in 1850, where he earned a bronze medal. Encouraged by architect Léo Drouyn, Lalan...