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L'Avare qui a Perdu son Trésor (The Miser who Lost his Treasure) (Volume I, Page 177), from Oeuvres de La Fontaine. Nouvelle Edition. Revue, mise en ordre et accompagnée de notes Par C.A. Walkenaer, membre de l'Institut. A Paris chez Lefèvre, Libraire. Rue de L'Eperon No. 6. MDCCCXXII

1820
Not on view

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  • Title: L'Avare qui a Perdu son Trésor (The Miser who Lost his Treasure) (Volume I, Page 177), from Oeuvres de La Fontaine. Nouvelle Edition. Revue, mise en ordre et accompagnée de notes Par C.A. Walkenaer, membre de l'Institut. A Paris chez Lefèvre, Libraire. Rue de L'Eperon No. 6. MDCCCXXII
  • Series/Portfolio: Oeuvres de La Fontaine. Nouvelle Edition. Revue, mise en ordre et accompagnée de notes Par C.A. Walkenaer, membre de l'Institut. A Paris chez Lefèvre, Libraire. Rue de L'Eperon No. 6. MDCCCXXII
  • Artist: Schroeder (French, active 19th century)
  • Artist: After Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, Paris 1741–1814 Paris)
  • Author: Jean de La Fontaine (French, Château-Thierry 1621–1695 Paris)
  • Publisher: Lefèvre
  • Date: 1820
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 7 1/16 in. (27.3 × 18 cm)
    Plate: 9 1/16 × 7 1/16 in. (23 × 18 cm)
    Sheet: 6 5/8 × 4 13/16 in. (16.8 × 12.2 cm) laid down within platemark
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.500.627(15)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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