Crooks of the Countryside

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Crooks of the Countryside
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Crooks of the Countryside

PortfolioPlate 187 from "Eaux-Fortes Modernes"
Date1865
MediumEtching
DimensionsSheet: 360 × 290 mm. (14 3/16 × 11 7/16 in.)
Plate: 287 × 228 mm. (11 5/16 × 9 in.)
Credit LineThe George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object number1996.48.2331
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Last Updated1/11/24
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Crooks of the Countryside
1865
Image Not Available for Conscript replacement agency. -There's merchandise an' merchandise! You wan' a common replacement, that'll cost yer only 800 F., but I warn yer, they're all swindlers, crooks who don't stay with their regiment, who skedaddle at the first opportunity and who 'ave ter be retrieved.... Would yer like ter make it 1'500 F., take that speciment, it ain't handsome but it's of good composition and it's got papers... As many as yer like an' it don't flinch from six years' service. - Bertrand (aside): You c'n count on it, civilian!"
Conscript replacement agency. -There's merchandise an' merchandise! You wan' a common replacement, that'll cost yer only 800 F., but I warn yer, they're all swindlers, crooks who don't stay with their regiment, who skedaddle at the first opportunity and who 'ave ter be retrieved.... Would yer like ter make it 1'500 F., take that speciment, it ain't handsome but it's of good composition and it's got papers... As many as yer like an' it don't flinch from six years' service. - Bertrand (aside): You c'n count on it, civilian!"
1837
Image Not Available for Crook of Lune, looking towards Hornby Castle
Crook of Lune, looking towards Hornby Castle
n.d.
Image Not Available for Come on you scoundrel, come on! - Just you wait, you crook! - Oh come on Alfred, after all you know each other already for some twenty years! When you are friends, it's different than when you are not friends.
Come on you scoundrel, come on! - Just you wait, you crook! - Oh come on Alfred, after all you know each other already for some twenty years! When you are friends, it's different than when you are not friends.
1874
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Crook
Bankoni
20th century
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Shoulder Crook
Unknown
Late 19th-early 20th century
Image Not Available for Countryside with Thatched Cottage
Countryside with Thatched Cottage
1870
Image Not Available for The Countryside of Rome taken on the Old Road of the Tombs between Rome and Albano
The Countryside of Rome taken on the Old Road of the Tombs between Rome and Albano
1844
Image Not Available for Album Leaves - Remembrance of Millet's Countryside
Album Leaves - Remembrance of Millet's Countryside
1872
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Wooded Countryside
1866
Image Not Available for View of a Villa in the Italian Countryside
View of a Villa in the Italian Countryside
1845
Image Not Available for Six Peasants Resting in the Countryside
Six Peasants Resting in the Countryside
1831