The Philosophers' Meal

after 1772

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on green laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Katharine Shepard Fund

  • Dimensions

    image (sheet trimmed within parts of plate mark): 20.5 x 31.1 cm (8 1/16 x 12 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 25.8 x 33.9 cm (10 3/16 x 13 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.67.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Christopher Mendez, London, England); purchased by NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by later hand, across bottom in pen and brown ink: 1. Voltaire. 2 Le père Adam 3 l'Abbé Maurice 4 D'Alembert 5 Condorcet, 6 Diderot 7 Laharpe. / Voltaire dit à d'Alembert je vous présente le Père Adam: Mais ce n'est pas le premier homme du monde / 1. Voltaire. 2 le père Adam. 3 l'Abbé Maurice. 4 d'Alembert. 5. Condorcet. 6 Diderot. 7 Laharpe

Wikidata ID

Q75393722

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