Research Catalog

Title

Donkeys and ponies in landscape [graphic] / .A. Besnus.

Author

Besnus, Amédée, 1831-1909.

Publication

ca. 1860-1889.

Details

Additional Authors

• Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904.
• S.P. Avery Collection.

Description

2 prints : etching; 23.5 x 20.8 cm. or smaller.

Summary

Etching of a group of four donkeys, with the title, A Family of Philosophers, written in pencil. Etching of a boy riding a pony, with another pony, by a pond, with ducks.

Subject

• Donkeys
• French wit and humor, Pictorial
• Horses
• Philosophers
• Ponies

Genre/Form

• Humorous pictures.
• Etchings – French – 19th century.

Note

• Signed in the plate: A. Besnus.
• Title devised by cataloger.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Cite As (note)

• S.P. Avery Collection.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Holdings checked in departmental copy of Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, v. 2, p. 65.

Provenance (note)

• Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Contents

B5. Réunion de philosophes (quatre ânes groupés sur un tertre près d'une cabane) -- B7. L'Abreuvoir, un homme fait boire deux chevaux.

Call Number

MEZAC

OCLC

NYPG95-F105

Author

Besnus, Amédée, 1831-1909.

Title

Donkeys and ponies in landscape [graphic] / .A. Besnus.

Imprint

ca. 1860-1889.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Print Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Cite As:

S.P. Avery Collection.

Indexes

Holdings checked in departmental copy of Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, v. 2, p. 65.

Linking Entry

Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Provenance

Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900.

Added Author

Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Collector

S.P. Avery Collection.

Research Call Number

MEZAC