PrintsFrench18th century

Gale

1777

Artists

Johann Georg WilleArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

Image: 12.8 × 19.2 cm (5 1/16 × 7 9/16 in.) Plate: 15 × 22 cm (5 7/8 × 8 11/16 in.) Sheet: 15.5 × 22.8 cm (6 1/8 × 9 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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