No. 23. La Rencontre au Bois de Boulogne (The Adventure in the Woods of Boulogne), 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. 23. La Rencontre au Bois de Boulogne (The Adventure in the Woods of Boulogne), 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; fourth state of four (Bocher)
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 5 9/16 in. (21.6 × 14.1 cm)
    Plate: 5 7/16 × 3 7/16 in. (13.8 × 8.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1931
  • Object Number: 31.72.2(12)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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