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Les Blanchisseuses
Translated as: The Laundresses or Woman Ironing
La Repasseuse
Printmaker: Degas, Edgar
History note: Purchased by A.S.F. Gow from Craddock & Barnard, 1963, £6
Through the National Art Collections Fund
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1978-03) by Gow, A. S. F.
Production date: circa AD 1879
Impression from a cancelled plate
Support
composed of
paper
Plate
Height 118 mm
Width 159 mm
Sheet
Height 246 mm
Width 326 mm
Accession number: P.26-1978
Primary reference Number: 1669
Adhémar/Cachin: 32
Reed/Shapiro: 48
Delteil: 37
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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