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L’avant du Botin, avec une grenouille, précédé d’un autre Bateau
The Bow of Le Botin, with a Frog
Pen and ink on
papier calque
,
4
9
⁄
16
by
6
3
⁄
4
inches (
11
.
6
by
17
.
1
cm)
A sidewheeler is towing
Le Botin
back to Paris. The bow of
Le Botin
, is in
the foreground, just behind the boat which is towing it. A giant frog sits on
the bow. Several fish seem eager to eat the frog. Two eels, on the left, hoist
themselves halfway out of the water to watch what will happen. The Louvre
drawing is inscribed: “
Les poisons aurient bien voulus manger la grenouille, les
Enguilles (sic) se haussaient pour voir” (The fish would have liked to eat the frog.
The eels rise up to watch.)
This drawing was not made into an etching for the
published album of prints.
Drawing, Musée du Louvre
rf5584