Beauvais
Date1931
Artist
Samuel Chamberlain
(American printmaker, author, photographer, 1895–1975)
MediumEtching and drypoint
Dimensionsplate: 11 3/8 × 12 5/16 in. (28.9 × 31.3 cm)
sheet: 14 1/8 × 15 3/8 in. (35.9 × 39.1 cm)
sheet: 14 1/8 × 15 3/8 in. (35.9 × 39.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Charles Lee Reese, 1940
Object number1940-11.112.2
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextChamberlain traveled extensively throughout the United States and Europe, recording scenery and architecture. Here he gives the pedestrian's view of a massive cathedral with full sunlight on the facade.