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Title: Le Lion amoureux
Artist:
Félix Bracquemond (French, Paris 1833–1914 Sèvres)
Artist:
After Gustave Moreau (French, Paris 1826–1898 Paris)
Author:
Jean de La Fontaine (French, Château-Thierry 1621–1695 Paris)
Publisher:
Boussod, Valadon & Co. (London)
Publisher:
Boussod, Valadon and Co. (Paris)
Published in: London; Paris
Date: 1886
Medium: Etching; eighth state of eight
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/16 × 12 5/16 in. (43.3 × 31.2 cm)
Plate: 13 5/8 × 10 3/8 in. (34.6 × 26.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
Object Number: 66.559.45
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