The Surroundings of Dieppe

The Surroundings of Dieppe

Eugène Isabey

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This print is part of a series of lithographs by Eugène Isabey printed by Charles Motte and published by McLean in a book entitled 'Six Marines dessinés sur Pierre' (Six Marinescapes drawn on stone) which featured studies of shipping and coast towns.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Department’s vast collection of works on paper comprises approximately 21,000 drawings, 1.2 million prints, and 12,000 illustrated books created in Europe and the Americas from about 1400 to the present day. Since its foundation in 1916, the Department has been committed to collecting a wide range of works on paper, which includes both pieces that are incredibly rare and lauded for their aesthetic appeal, as well as material that is more popular, functional, and ephemeral. The broad scope of the department’s collecting encourages questions of connoisseurship as well as those pertaining to function and context, and demonstrates the vital role that prints, drawings, and illustrated books have played throughout history.