Charles Sprague Pearce - Lamentations over the Death of the First-Born of Egypt [1877]

Charles Sprague Pearce - Lamentations over the Death of the First-Born of Egypt [1877], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

Charles Sprague Pearce (October 13, 1851 - May 18, 1914), American artist, was born at Boston, Massachusetts. In 1873 Pearce became a pupil of Léon Bonnat in Paris, and after 1885 he lived in Paris and at Auvers-sur-Oise. He painted Egyptian and Algerian scenes, French peasants, and portraits, and also decorative work, notably for the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress at Washington. He died in Paris.

[Oil on canvas, 97.8 x 130.8 cm]