The First Come Best Served

1786

Antoine-François Sergent

Artist, French, 1751 - 1847

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and wash manner printed in brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    image (oval): 16.5 × 19.2 cm (6 1/2 × 7 9/16 in.)
    plate: 26.1 × 30.3 cm (10 1/4 × 11 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 29.3 × 45.3 cm (11 9/16 × 17 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.2462

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1879

  • Bocher, Emmanuel. Augustin de Saint-Aubin. Les gravures francaises du XVIIIe siecle, 5. Paris, 1879: 404 iv/iv.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, below image, at left: A. d S. A. del; in plate, below image, at right: A. Ser...scul 1786; in plate, below image, at center: The first Come best served

Wikidata ID

Q64953806

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