The Public Scribe, 1790

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Medium

etching with touches of roulette on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 29.6 x 41.8 cm (11 5/8 x 16 7/16 in.)

sheet: 32 x 42.6 cm (12 5/8 x 16 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Boissieu 1878, no. 86, State ii/iv

Accession Number

1994.58.1

Artists / Makers

Jean-Jacques de Boissieu (artist) French, 1736 - 1810

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in plate: DB. 1790.; by later hands, lower verso in graphite: 86 / Vte. Monnier 11/(?) / 50 Boissieu / rare épreuve du 2me état le fond de la culotte du jeaune homme et blanc

Provenance

Paul Prouté, Paris; purchased 1994 by NGA.

Associated Names

Prouté, S.A., Paul

Bibliography

1878: Boissieu, Alphonse de. J.J. de Boissieu, catalogue raisonne de son oeuvre. Paris: Rapilly; and Lyons: Auguste Brun, 1878.