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The Lawyers
1870-1875
watercolor, pen and ink, and crayon on cream, moderately thick, slightly textured laid paper
(18th and 19th Centuries )
(18th and 19th Centuries )
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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.
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.
Cyrus J. Lawrence, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; The Cyrus J. Lawrence Sale, American Art Association, New York, January 21-22, 1910, lot 33; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1910, by purchase [using the alias Henry Chester]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 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. |
| 1999-2000 | Daumier 1808-1879. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Musee D'Orsay, Paris; The Phillips Collection, Washington. |
| 1997-1998 | French Master Drawings. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1989-1990 | Daumier and the Art of Caricature. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. |
| 1983 | A Connoisseur's Portfolio: Nineteenth-century Drawings and Watercolors in the Walters Art Gallery. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1979 | A Supple Brush: The Flowering of Continental Watercolors. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1958 | Honoré Daumier: Exhibition of Prints, Drawings, Watercolors, Paintings, and Sculpture. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles. |
| 1951 | From Ingres to Gauguin: French Nineteenth Century Paintings Owned in Maryland. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. |
| 1937 | Daumier, 1808-1879. Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Philadelphia. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 1/25/1971 | Treatment | re-housed |
| 6/1/1973 | Treatment | mounted; re-housed; loss compensation |
| 8/30/1983 | Loan Consideration | examined for loan |
| 10/9/1989 | Treatment | examined for loan; other |
| 10/9/1989 | Loan Consideration | examined for loan |
| 10/16/1989 | Treatment | mounted; re-housed |
| 5/8/1992 | Examination | examined for other |
| 12/30/1992 | Treatment | mounted |
| 1/1/2002 | Treatment | examined for exhibition; loss compensation; mounted |
Geographies
France (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 13 11/16 x W: 12 in. (34.8 x 30.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1910
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.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.1229