Colleur (Billposter), 1798/1807

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series Title

Recueil de Cents Sujets de Divers Genres

Medium

etching on wove paper [proof before letters]

Dimensions

sheet: 17.1 x 22.7 cm (6 3/4 x 8 15/16 in.)
plate: 8 x 10 cm (3 1/8 x 3 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

Accession Number

2011.139.174

Artists / Makers

Jean Duplessis-Bertaux (artist) French, 1750 - 1818

Image Use

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Inscription

left center in plate [upper sign]: IL A ÉTÉ PERDU [illegible]; left center in plate [lower sign]: DIX LOUIS [illegible]; lower left in plate: J.D.B.; by later hand, lower left, in graphite: Jean Duplessis-Bertaux / (1747-Paris-1813) / The "Modern Callot"; by later hand, upper right verso, in graphite: D16; by later hand, lower margin verso, in graphite: From a set of 100 scenes of Modern Life

Marks and Labels

none

Provenance

Leo Steinberg [1920-2011], New York; gift to NGA 2011.

Associated Names

Steinberg, Leo, Estate of