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Title Page

published 1779

French 18th Century

Artist

Medium

etching and engraving on laid paper
Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Dimensions

sheet: 11.2 x 6.6 cm (4 7/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
Accession

1988.59.16.a

Media for this artwork is unavailable and the object is not on view. See artworks now on view

Almanach iconologique: Les vertus et les vices (volume XVI)

Various Artists

1779

L'oraison

Charles Louis Lingée

1779

La partialite

Charles-Etienne Gaucher

1779

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

center in plate: (10-line inscription); across bottom in plate: (3-line inscription); lower right in plate: (illegible signature) Fecit

Wikidata ID

Q74879979

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