No. 19. Les Délices de la Maternité (Maternal Pleasures), from "Seconde Suite d'Estampes, Pour servir à l'Histoire des Modes, et du Costume en France, dans le XVII siecle"
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- Title: No. 19. Les Délices de la Maternité (Maternal Pleasures), from "Seconde Suite d'Estampes, Pour servir à l'Histoire des Modes, et du Costume en France, dans le XVII siecle"
- Series/Portfolio: Seconde Suite d'Estampes, Pour servir à l'Histoire des Modes, et du Costume en France, dans le XVII siecle
- Artist: Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, Paris 1741–1814 Paris)
- Publisher: Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, Paris 1741–1814 Paris)
- Author: Restif de La Bretonne (1734–1806)
- Date: 1776
- Medium: Etching and engraving; fifth state of five (Bocher)
- Dimensions: Sheet: 8 9/16 × 5 11/16 in. (21.8 × 14.5 cm)
Plate: 5 1/16 × 3 9/16 in. (12.9 × 9.1 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1931
- Object Number: 31.72.2(8)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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