Alphonse Léon Noël
Catching Rabbits

ArtistFrench, 1807–1884
ArtistFrench, 1801–1850
ArtistAmerican, 1807–1868
PrinterFrench, 1803–1887
PublisherFrench, 1850–1884
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Catching Rabbits
Date1850
Printed inParis, France
MediumLithograph, printed chine collé, on wove paper
DimensionsImage: 14 1/2 × 18 3/4 in. (36.8 × 47.6 cm)
Sheet: 20 × 22 1/2 in. (50.8 × 57.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by Steve Adger, Pedro Frommer, Steve Gibson, Dan Gilbane, Duncan Lamme, Graham McKernan, Abbott Sprague, Henry J. N. Taub II, and John Wombwell in honor of Cherie and James C. Flores at "One Great Night in November, 2012"
Object numberB.2013.28
Not on view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
ProvenanceMrs. James N. Gould; [The Old Print Shop, New York], as of 2012; purchased by MFAH, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, left: Painted by W. S. MOUNT.
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below image, left: To Mrs. James N. Gould, / — With the compliments, / of Wm. S. Mount
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, left bottom edge: Paris _ Goupil et Compie Editeurs.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, center: NEW-YORK _ Published by GOUPIL & Co 289 Broadway.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, center: CATCHING RABBITS!
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, center bottom edge: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1850 by W. Schaus / In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New-York. / Printed by Lemercier in Paris.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, center-right: This print is Respectfully Dedicated to Mrs. Charles Augustus Davis, / by her most Obedient Servants, / Goupil & Co. [cursive]
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, right: LÉON-NOĒL fect. Landscape by BICHEBOIS.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, right bottom edge: London. E. Gambart & Co. Publishers
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below image, right bottom edge: 10-29-10
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, lower right corner: Creases 200+

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