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Print, Preparation for a duel (man with a sword)

This is a Print. It was created by Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier. It is dated ca. 1860 and we acquired it in 1959. Its medium is etching on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Milton I. D. Einstein. It is credited Gift of Milton Einstein.

Its dimensions are

27.4 × 19 cm (10 13/16 × 7 1/2 in.) Platemark: 16 × 10.9 cm (6 5/16 × 4 5/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in plate, lower left: EM Signed, in graphite, lower right: E. Messonier

Cite this object as

Print, Preparation for a duel (man with a sword); Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815–1891); France; etching on paper; 27.4 × 19 cm (10 13/16 × 7 1/2 in.) Platemark: 16 × 10.9 cm (6 5/16 × 4 5/16 in.); Gift of Milton Einstein; 1959-49-179

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