A French Family Drawn from Life

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A French Family Drawn from Life

1861

Utagawa Yoshitomi (Japanese, active c. 1848-80) Published by Yamamotoya Heikichi Engraved by Katada Chōjirō, Buneidō

The peculiar disjunction of scale, undefined space, and lack of interaction between the figures in this image all suggest that the individual elements may have derived from several pictorial sources rather than drawn from life, as claimed by the title.

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Object Details

Titles:

A French Family Drawn from Life

Date:

1861

Artists:

Utagawa Yoshitomi (Japanese, active c. 1848-80) Published by Yamamotoya Heikichi Engraved by Katada Chōjirō, Buneidō

Medium:

Color woodcut

Dimensions:

Sheet (Ōban tate-e): 14 1/4 × 9 7/8 inches (36.2 × 25.1 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Lola Downin Peck Fund and with funds contributed by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner, Dr. Emanuel Wolff, the Derald and Janet Ruttenberg Foundation, Mrs. Edward G. Budd, Jr., and David P. Willis, 1968

Accession Number:

1968-165-72

Geography:

Made in Japan, Asia

Context:

Period: Edo Period (1615-1868)

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