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The box car dwelling (Le wagon-logement)

Auguste Lepère (French, 1849–1918)
Engraved by: Henri Pierre Paillard (French, 1844–1912)
Published by: Amédée Auguste Desmoulins (French, active late 19th century)
1886

Medium/Technique Wood engraving
Dimensions Image: 5.2 x 14.5 cm (2 1/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 15.5 x 22.8 cm (6 1/8 x 9 in.)
Credit Line Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich
Accession Number50.402
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Lotz-Brissonneau p 266
DescriptionPart of a series, Autour des Fortifications. At least the first 16 images originally appeared in Revue Illustrée, 1886. According to Grove Dictionary, begining 1907, Amédée Auguste Desmoulins started publishing the images under the title Autour des Fortifications.

The Table of Contents includes Part 1: Voyage Autour des Fortifications, Nos. 1 - 16; and Part 2: Paris, Nos. 17 - 24. Some images were not published previously.

See 50.393 - 50.408, and 50.409 - 50.416



InscriptionsIn the engraving, L. l: H Paillard; L.r. A. Lepère

In graphite, L. r. A. Lepère 9/35.
ProvenanceMr. Louis A. Lebowich, Boston; by whom given to MFA, 3/9/1950