Return to Port, plate two from Six Marines
1833
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 21.3 × 28.3 cm (8 7/16 × 11 3/16 in.); Chine: 26.9 × 33.9 cm (10 5/8 × 13 3/8 in.); Sheet: 33.3 × 45 cm (13 1/8 × 17 3/4 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
118275
About the Artist
Eugène Isabey
Eugène Isabey (1803–1886) was a French painter and lithographer known for his dramatic seascapes, coastal scenes, and historical compositions. Born in Paris, he was the son of the celebrated miniaturist and portraitist Jean-Baptiste Isabey, who provided his early artistic training. The younger Isabey studied briefly with various masters but was largely shaped by his father's studio and by his own ...