Old Womens' Remedies (plate 6)
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 23.1 × 16.8 cm (9 1/8 × 6 5/8 in.); Sheet: 35.1 × 23.4 cm (13 7/8 × 9 1/4 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
51109
Art Historical Context
"Old Womens' Remedies ( 6)" is a lithograph by French artist Charles Émile Jacque, in 1843. in black ink on ivory wove paper, this measures 23.1 × 16.8 cm, part of a larger sheet, and belongs to the Art Institute of Chicago's Prints and Drawings. Jacque, a prominent 19th-centurymaker associated with the Barbizon School specialized in vivid depictions of rural life, often focusing on peasants, animals, everyday scenes with a keen eye for detail and textureLithography, the medium here, was revolutionary in the 1840s, allowing artists like Jacque to draw directly on lithographic stone for nuanced...