The First Come Best Served, 1786

Not on View

Medium

etching and wash manner printed in brown on laid paper

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.)

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.2462

Artists / Makers

Antoine-François Sergent (artist) French, 1751 - 1847

Augustin de Saint-Aubin (artist after) French, 1736 - 1807

Image Use

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Inscription

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

Bibliography

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