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The Pleasures of Summer (Les Agréments de Été)

Engraver Pierre Charles Canot French
After Jean Pillement French
Publisher Esnauts et Rapilly French
1759
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Object Information
  • Title: The Pleasures of Summer (Les Agréments de Été)
  • Engraver: Pierre Charles Canot (French, Paris 1710–1777 Kentish Town, London (active England))
  • Artist: After Jean Pillement (French, Lyons 1728–1808 Lyons)
  • Publisher: Esnauts et Rapilly (French, active 1766–1804)
  • Published in: Paris; London
  • Date: 1759
  • Medium: Etching
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1921
  • Object Number: 21.91.358
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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