La Mort dans le Poirier (Death in the Pear Tree)
Summary
Outdoors scene with a pear tree at the centre. A skeletal figure representing Death reaches from the branches of the tree and offers a pear to an elderly male figure stood to the left looking up at the tree with an expression of surprise. “La Légende du Bonhomme Misère” (aka “Death in the Pear Tree”), c1869, plate 13, illustration for “Bonhomme Misère” published in France by Alfred Cadart (1828–75) in “L'Eau Forte” (1874).
Object Name
La Mort dans le Poirier (Death in the Pear Tree)
Creators Name
Date Created
about 1870
Dimensions
plate: 21.9cm x 14.8cm
support (sight): 29.7cm x 20.8cm
accession number
1882.92
Collection Group
Place of creation
Europe
Support
paper
Medium
ink (black)
Credit
Gifted by Alphonse Legros, 1881
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