France (Furansu), from the series Pictures of People from Foreign Lands (Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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France (Furansu), from the series Pictures of People from Foreign Lands (Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga)

France (Furansu), from the series Pictures of People from Foreign Lands (Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga)

「外国人物図画　仏蘭西（フランス）」

Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Yamadaya Shôjirô (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 34.1 × 22.3 cm (13 7/16 × 8 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016

Accession Number2016.1293

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionNo censor's seal visible on this impression.

Signed Yoshitora ga
芳虎画

ProvenanceJustine Frances Lewis Keidel (d. 2003), Baltimore, MD; 2003, bequeathed by Justine Frances Lewis Keidel to her daughter, Anne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)