In Foreign Climes
Date1881
Artist
James Tissot
(French painter and printmaker, 1836–1902)
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 12 3/16 × 14 5/8 in. (31 × 37.1 cm)
sheet: 19 1/2 × 24 5/16 in. (49.5 × 61.8 cm)
sheet: 19 1/2 × 24 5/16 in. (49.5 × 61.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1988
Object number1988-154
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextTissot produced a series of three paintings entitled "The Prodigal Son in Modern Times," which reimagine the story of the prodigal son in contemporary England. The paintings were first exhibited as a group in 1882 at the Dudley Gallery in London, alongside related watercolors and etchings.
