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Document identity
localId
149299
label
Interior of a Butcher Shop
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
149299
contentType
drawing
title
Interior of a Butcher Shop
date
c. 1881
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79930316
creators
13601
genreSpecific
Drawing
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 55.7 x 57.2 cm (21 15/16 x 22 1/2 in.); Secondary Support: 56.1 x 58.4 cm (22 1/16 x 23 in.)
cul
France, 19th century
accession
1978.131
Source extras
tec
charcoal and black chalk heightened with white chalk (media continue onto secondary support)
tombstone
Interior of a Butcher Shop, c. 1881. Léon Augustin Lhermitte (French, 1844–1925). Charcoal and black chalk heightened with white chalk (media continue onto secondary support); sheet: 55.7 x 57.2 cm (21 15/16 x 22 1/2 in.); secondary support: 56.1 x 58.4 cm (22 1/16 x 23 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Muriel S. Butkin, 1978.131
supportMaterials
description
two sheets of laid paper (joined) laid down on beige(1) wove paper
collection
DR - French
inscriptions
inscription
signed, lower left, in charcoal: L. Lhermitte
didYouKnow
The French writer Théodore de Banville described Léon Lhermitte's drawings, saying that "In his hands charcoal and black chalk are like magical tools."
citations
citation
Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1978.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 66, no. 1 (January 1979): 3–47.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 20; Mentioned: p. 44, no. 68
creditline
Gift of Muriel S. Butkin
updatedAt
2026-05-29 07:41:00.302000
sourceId
149299
dept
Drawings
coll
DR - French
med
charcoal and black chalk heightened with white chalk (media continue onto secondary support)
creatorTags
male
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image_url
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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61b44e7937601107