PrintsFrench18th century

The Reader

c. 1762

Artists

Johann Georg WilleArtist

Gerhard DouArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

Image: 33.1 × 26.9 cm (13 1/16 × 10 9/16 in.) Plate: 39.6 × 28.4 cm (15 9/16 × 11 3/16 in.) Sheet: 41 × 29.5 cm (16 1/8 × 11 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856. William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

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