Banks of the Thames Near London
Maxime Lalanne
1869
Medium
Drypoint on cream simili-Japan, laid down on heavy card
Dimensions
Plate: 10.6 × 14.4 cm (4 3/16 × 5 11/16 in.); Sheet: 15.8 × 19.1 cm (6 1/4 × 7 9/16 in.)
Classification
drypoint
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
41265
About the Artist
Maxime Lalanne
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...