PrintsFrench18th century

Fontenelle

c. 1796

Artists

Pierre Gabriel LangloisArtist

Jean-Jacques FortyArtist after

Guillaume VoiriotArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

Image: 22.5 × 15.6 cm (8 7/8 × 6 1/8 in.) Sheet: 27 × 20 cm (10 5/8 × 7 7/8 in.)

Provenance

John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister. Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

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