“Four Dead Crows Hanging on a Wall”, Henri Charles Guérard, 1856 - 1897

Henri Charles Guérard (French, 1846 - 1897)

Drypoint, 216mm × 254mm. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds.

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Guérard was a French painter, engraver, lithographer and print maker. He was an avid collector (what might now be called a "hoarder") of everything from old shoes to lanterns. Many of his etchings are of odd objects and earned him a title: "The Engraver of Curiosities".
-Wikipedia

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Source and download: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-P-1972-259

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