Marrons d'Inde.

  • Taiée, Alfred, 1820-1881
Date:
1875
Reference:
20397i
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Previous title, replaced September 2024: Horse chestnuts (Aesculus hippocastanum L.): seeds (conkers) and their shells, with a poem about them. Etching with drypoint by A. Taiée after himself, c.1875.

Publication/Creation

1875

Physical description

1 print : etching, with drypoint ; platemark 12.8 x 24 cm

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Marrons d'Inde Alfred Taiée sc. a.taiée. sous ta piquante carapace, marron de détestable race, á quoi bon te cacher si bien, puisqu'on sait que tu ne vaux rien! Bears number "70"

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The title has been taken from wording on the object.

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Wellcome Collection 20397i

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