a) La Journee Electoral (recto); b) Profile of an Officer and Head of a Man (verso)
1851 to 1875
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a) brush and black ink on laid paper b) black crayon on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 25.4 x 40.7 cm (10 x 16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.9051.a-b
About the Artist
Jean-Louis Forain
Jean-Louis Forain was born Louis Henri Forain on October 23, 1852, in Reims, France, to a family of modest means; his father painted ornamental signs. The family relocated to Paris when he was eight, where young Forain developed a passion for drawing inspired by the sculptures of Reims Cathedral and the masters at the Louvre, which he began copying at age fourteen. He received drawing lessons from...