Burial
1835
Medium
Lithograph in black on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 21.7 × 28 cm (8 9/16 × 11 1/16 in.); Sheet: 36.7 × 44.8 cm (14 1/2 × 17 11/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
122329
Art Historical Context
Victor Jean Adam’s “Burial,” created in 1835, offers a poignant glimpse into nineteenth-century printmaking. Executed as a lithograph in black on cream wove paper, the work measures just over eight by eleven inches in the image area, allowing for intimate viewing while the larger sheet size provided space for handling and display. Lithography, still a relatively new medium at the time, enabled artists to draw freely on stone and produce multiple impressions, making art more widely accessible beyond the confines of painting or drawing. Housed in the Prints and Drawings department of the Art In...