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Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission is always free

6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

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Exhibitions & Events
Featured exhibition:

Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, and the Natural World
Now on view
Art & Artists
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Charles-Melchior Descourtis

French, 1753 - 1820

Displaying 1 - 12 of 27

L'Amant surpris

Charles-Melchior Descourtis

c. 1798-1810

color aquatint and roulette Accession ID 1942.9.2243

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Album of Prints from "Vues pittoresque des principaux édifices de Paris" (volume II)

Charles-Melchior Descourtis, Laurent Guyot, Le Campion family, L. Roger

c. 1789

bound volume with 82 etchings with wash manner, mostly printed in color, on laid paper Accession ID 1942.9.1923-2004

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Album of Prints from "Vues pittoresque des principaux edifices de Paris" (volume III)

Le Campion family, Laurent Guyot, Charles-Melchior Descourtis, L. Roger

c. 1789

bound volume with 84 aquatints and etchings, mostly in color Accession ID 1942.9.2005-2088

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Foire de Village

Charles-Melchior Descourtis

1788

etching and engraving printed in color Accession ID 1942.9.2144

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Foire de Village

Charles-Melchior Descourtis

1788

etching and engraving printed in color Accession ID 1942.9.2473

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Noce de Village (Village Wedding)

Charles-Melchior Descourtis

1785

wash manner and etching printed in ochre, red-pink, blue, and carmine inks Accession ID 1958.8.84

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Noce de Village (Village Wedding)

Charles-Melchior Descourtis

1785

wash manner, printed in ochre and red-pink inks Accession ID 1958.8.80

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Noce de Village (Village Wedding)

Charles-Melchior Descourtis

1785

wash manner and etching, printed in black ink Accession ID 1958.8.85

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Noce de Village (Village Wedding)

Charles-Melchior Descourtis

1785

wash manner, printed in blue ink Accession ID 1958.8.81

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La Lutschinen sortant du Glacier inférieur du Grindelwald

Charles-Melchior Descourtis

1785

wash manner printed in four colors on wove paper Accession ID 2006.18.1

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Noce de Village (Village Wedding)

Charles-Melchior Descourtis

1785

etching and engraving printed in color Accession ID 1942.9.2472

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Noce de Village (Village Wedding)

Charles-Melchior Descourtis

1785

etching and engraving (impression from plates 1-5 (plate 5, third state with letters), printed in ochre, red-pink, blue, carmine, and black inks) Accession ID 1958.8.86

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