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Little Girl Reading

Paul Constant Soyer (French, 1823-1903) (Artist)
1864
watercolor with graphite underdrawing on beige, thick, smooth wove paper
(18th and 19th Centuries )

Inscription

"Paul Soyer, '64" in graphite, lower right; "38" in graphite, verso

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

2006 A Child's-Eye View. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
2005-2006 The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma.
1993-1994 Drawings by the Artists from the Ecouen School. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
8/11/1993 Treatment examined for exhibition; mounted; re-housed
1/1/2002 Treatment examined for exhibition; re-housed; other
3/17/2006 Examination examined for exhibition
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Geographies

France (Place of Origin)

Measurements

7 5/8 x 6 1/8 in. (19.3 x 15.5 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by William T. Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

37.1621

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  • Wednesday—Sunday: 10 a.m.—5 p.m.
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Location

600 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
21201

Phone

410-547-9000

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