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Les Blanchisseuses: P.26-1978

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Les Blanchisseuses
Translated as: The Laundresses or Woman Ironing
La Repasseuse

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Degas, Edgar

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Purchased by A.S.F. Gow from Craddock & Barnard, 1963, £6

Legal notes

Through the National Art Collections Fund

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1978-03) by Gow, A. S. F.

Dating

1870s
Production date: circa AD 1879

Note

Impression from a cancelled plate

School or Style

French

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Plate Height 118 mm Width 159 mm
Sheet Height 246 mm Width 326 mm

Techniques used in production

Aquatint
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.26-1978
Primary reference Number: 1669
Adhémar/Cachin: 32
Reed/Shapiro: 48
Delteil: 37

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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