Banks of the Tamise
Maxime Lalanne
1869
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 10.4 x 14.3 cm (4 1/8 x 5 5/8 in.) sheet: 12.3 x 17.2 cm (4 13/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of William B. O'Neal
Accession Number
1991.150.97
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Maxime Lalanne · 1827–1886
François Antoine Maxime Lalanne (1827–1886) was born in Bordeaux into a family of civil servants, initially pursuing classical studies and a law career. At the Institution Oré, he learned drawing from instructor Saulnier and showed early promise, exhibiting pencil and pastel works at Bordeaux's Philomathique Society in 1850, where he earned a bronze medal. Encouraged by architect Léo Drouyn, Lalan...