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From 9/20 through 9/23, visitors may only enter through the John R entrance. All other entrances, plus the museum grounds, Kirby St and Farnsworth St will be closed during this time for Concours d'Elegance.

La Cardeuse, between 1855 and 1856

  • Jean-François Millet, French, 1814-1875

Etching printed in black ink on laid japan paper

  • Plate: 10 1/8 × 7 inches (25.7 × 17.8 cm) Sheet: 12 1/8 × 8 5/8 inches (30.8 × 21.9 cm)

Gift of Ralph Harman Booth

21.11

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Inscribed, in pencil, verso: 8/11 (rf) Inscribed, bottom right edge, verso: [illegible numeric notations]

Ralph Harman Booth

1921-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Jean-François Millet, La Cardeuse, between 1855 and 1856, etching printed in black ink on laid japan paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Ralph Harman Booth, 21.11.