Vignette (Chant V.e), from Voltaire's La Henriade, part of Oeuvres complètes de Voltaire. De L'Imprimerie de la Sociètè Littèraire Typographique (Kehl). 1784-1789 (quarto size)

1782
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Vignette (Chant V.e), from Voltaire's La Henriade, part of Oeuvres complètes de Voltaire. De L'Imprimerie de la Sociètè Littèraire Typographique (Kehl). 1784-1789 (quarto size)
  • Series/Portfolio: La Henriade
  • Artist: Jean-Baptiste Patas (French, Paris 1744?–?1802 Paris)
  • Artist: After Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, Paris 1741–1814 Paris)
  • Author: François-Marie Arouet (French, Paris 1694–1778 Paris)
  • Printer: L'Imprimerie de la Société Littéraire Typographique (Kehl)
  • Publisher: Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, Paris 1741–1814 Paris)
  • Date: 1782
  • Medium: Etching and engraving; fifth state of five (Bocher)
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 9 13/16 in. (35 × 24.9 cm)
    Plate: 12 1/2 × 9 7/16 in. (31.8 × 24 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed, 1964
  • Object Number: 64.542.210
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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