Women Praying in Church

Gift of Alfred E. Hamill

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Year: 1875
Medium: Charcoal, with stumping, scraping and erasing, on ivory laid paper (discolored to cream), perimeter mounted on cream wove paper
Dimensions: 64.1 × 49.2 cm (25 1/4 × 19 3/8 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Léon Augustin L'hermitte

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Léon Augustin Lhermitte was a French naturalist painter and etcher whose primary subject matter was rural scenes depicting peasants at work.

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Artist: Léon Augustin L'hermitte
Year: 1875
Medium: Charcoal, with stumping, scraping and erasing, on ivory laid paper (discolored to cream), perimeter mounted on cream wove paper
Dimensions: 64.1 × 49.2 cm (25 1/4 × 19 3/8 in.)
Watts ID: WW-1875-331120

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