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| Keywords: Léon Bonnat - Portrait of George Aloysius Lucas - Walters 37759.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Q18749492 Creator Léon Bonnat en George A Lucas 1824-1909 of Baltimore sailed to Europe in 1857 never to return to America During his long residence in Paris he supplemented his private income by representing the interests of a number of American collectors including William T Walters of Baltimore and Samuel P Avery of New York In a preface to a publication of 1885 Walters wrote of Lucas The debt I owe him for his good judgment mature experience and cheerful co-operation in nearly all I have accomplished as amateur and collector I find only less than the value I place upon his sterling truth and upon his worth as a man and a friend 1885 Oil on canvas cm 129 92 5 ; size cm 163 8 126 4 11 4 accession number 37 759 6437 William T Walters Baltimore William T Walters city Baltimore from the artist Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Commissioned by William T Walters 1885 Ln Bonnat / 1885 signature/date lower left ~ A Baltimorean in Paris George A Lucas 1860-1909 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979 The Taste of Maryland Art Collecting in Maryland 1800-1934 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984 A View Toward Paris The Lucas Collection of Nineteenth Century French Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 2006 place of origin Paris France PD-old-auto 1922 Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat George Aloysius Lucas French paintings in the Walters Art Museum Portraits of men 1880s paintings from France 1885 paintings | ||||
