Le Bon Samaritain (The Good Samaritan); Abd-el-Kader secourant un Chrértien (Abd-el-Kader Aiding a Christian)
Rodolphe Bresdin, French, 1825 - 18851861; printed 1867
Lithograph on yellowish chine collé on gray chine mounted on white wove paper
Third printing (20 September 1867) with the white bird, white leaves, and Imp. Lemercier Paris; Edition of 125 on single chine; Edition of 175 on two chine
Image: 22 1/8 × 17 3/8 in. (56.2 × 44.2 cm)
Sheet: 34 × 24 1/2 in. (86.4 × 62.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund, the James and Barbara Block Acquisitions Endowment, the Guernsey Center Moore 1904 Memorial Fund, and the Barbara Dau '78 Fund for European Art
2017.7
Printer
Lemercier et Cie., Paris
Publisher
Lemercier et Cie., Paris
Geography/Culture
Europe, France
Period
19th century
Object Name
Classification
Not on view
Inscription
Inscribed, on stone, within image, center: RB [in monogram; on Camel’s hindquarters]; signed, on stone, within image, lower left: Rodolphe Bresdin 1861 [reversed]; inscribed, on stone, lower center margin: Imp Lemercier Paris
Provenance
Susan Schulman Printseller, New York, New York, sold to the present collection, 2017.
Catalogue Raisonne
Van Gelder 1976: 100-3; Préaud 2000: 29 (1st state B)
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