PrintsFrench18th century

Taste

1774

Artists

Jean-Baptiste Le PrinceArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching and aquatint

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

Image: 14 × 9.1 cm (5 1/2 × 3 9/16 in.) Plate: 16.1 × 10.3 cm (6 5/16 × 4 1/16 in.) Sheet: 18.1 × 12.4 cm (7 1/8 × 4 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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