Etching of a dim storeroom with stacked rag bundles and a seated figure bowed over a bundle, a mouse on the floor at lower right.

The Sleeping Rag Vendor

An etching in black ink shows a dim storeroom crowded with bundled sacks and rags. A seated figure leans over a bundle at right, head bowed, while a small mouse scurries across the stone floor near the foreground.

Artist: Donald Shaw MacLaughlan
Date: 1901
Medium: Etching in black on cream laid paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1406 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1901).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Walter S. Brewster

Español: El vendedor de trapos dormido

Un aguafuerte en tinta negra muestra un depósito en penumbra lleno de sacos y trapos amontonados. A la derecha, una figura sentada se inclina sobre un fardo con la cabeza baja, mientras un pequeño ratón cruza el suelo de piedra en primer plano.

Português: O vendedor de trapos adormecido

Uma água-forte em tinta preta mostra um depósito na penumbra, cheio de sacos e trapos amontoados. À direita, uma figura sentada curva-se sobre um fardo, com a cabeça baixa, enquanto um pequeno rato atravessa o piso de pedra no primeiro plano.

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