The Officer
The Officer
The Officer
The Officer

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The Officer

Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier, French, 1815–1891
x1993-159

Information

Title
The Officer
Maker
Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier
Medium
Black chalk
Dimensions
23.5 x 14.9 cm. (9 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Forbes Magazine Collection: Malcolm S. Forbes, Class of 1941, Malcolm S. Forbes, Jr., Class of 1970, and Christopher Forbes, Class of 1972
Object Number
x1993-159
Signatures
Artist monogram in chalk, lower right: ME
Culture
French
Type
drawings
Materials
wove paper, black chalk
Subject
officers (military officers), standing, men, three-quarter views

Anonymous;

June 13, 1974, Sale, Sotheby's lot 84 (as A Caricature Study of a Soldier);

1974, purchased by the Forbes Magazine Collection: Malcolm S. Forbes, Malcolm S. Forbes, Jr., and Christopher Forbes;

Gift to the Princeton University Art Museum

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