Relay of Dogs in the Desert
c. 1866
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 16 × 23.6 cm (6 5/16 × 9 5/16 in.); Plate: 18.8 × 24.8 cm (7 7/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 28.1 × 34.4 cm (11 1/8 × 13 9/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
138397
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Paul Adolphe Rajon · 1842–1888
Paul Adolphe Rajon (1843–1888) was a distinguished French painter and etcher renowned for his exquisite portrait prints. Born in Dijon as the youngest of three children to hairdresser Jean Marie Rajon and shop girl Caroline Jaugey, he began his artistic path early. At age 14, he apprenticed as a portrait retoucher for his brother-in-law, photographer Pierre Joseph Meurisse, in Metz. From 1859 to 1...