Signed and dated, in plate, lower right of image: Rajon 1872

Inscribed, in plate, lower left of image: E Meissonier 1858 (E reversed) Inscribed, in plate below image, lower left: Peint par Meissonner. Inscribed, lower right: Grave par Rajon Inscribed, lower center: FUMEUR FLAMAND Inscribed, lower right edge of plate: Publie & Imprime par Goupil & Cie. Paris Inscribed, in black ink, lower left edge of sheet: No 911, The Flemish Smoker. | By - Paul Rajon

1882, G.R. Angell. Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA); 1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Paul Adolphe Rajon; after Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier, Le fumeur flamand, 1872, etching printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S911.