# Mower Honing a Scythe

- By: Jules Bastien-Lepage (French, 1848-1884)
- Date: 1878
- Medium: Etching on ivory China paper laid down on white wove paper (China paper collé)
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: Plate: 19.7 × 25.8 cm (7 13/16 × 10 3/16 in.); Sheet: 25.6 × 35.4 cm (10 1/8 × 13 15/16 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/48)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/a302e9f4-7c4b-86c5-524f-594a42b7b182/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)