Frontispiece Portrait of Fénelon

1864
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Frontispiece Portrait of Fénelon
  • Series/Portfolio: Les Aventures de Télémaque par Fénelon avec Son Éloge par la Harpe, Paris Furne et Cie, Éditeurs, Rue Saint-André-Des-Arts, 45 MDCCCLXIV
  • Artist: Attributed to (?) William Hopwood (British, 1784–1853)
  • Artist: After Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, Paris 1741–1814 Paris)
  • Sitter: François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon (French, Château de Fénelon, Périgord 1651–1715 Cambrai)
  • Printer: F. Chardon, Ainé (French, active 1820–60)
  • Author: François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon (French, Château de Fénelon, Périgord 1651–1715 Cambrai)
  • Publisher: Furne et Cie. (Paris)
  • Published in: Paris
  • Date: 1864
  • Medium: Etching and engraving with stipple
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 4 15/16 in. (22.2 × 12.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1961
  • Object Number: 61.538.13(1)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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