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Alexandre Bida

Portrait of Alfred de Musset (1810-1857)

c. 1850s
black chalk and graphite with stumping, watercolor, gouache, and fabricated colored chalk on medium weight wove paper

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Alexandre Bida was an accomplished illustrator and produced images to accompany an 1865 edition of the works of Alfred de Musset, this portrait’s sitter.

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