Vignette depicting a busy street with a man at left comforting his friend at right, who buries his face in his hand, from an Unidentified Edition of Voltaire's Jeannot et Colin

ca. 1800
Not on view

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  • Title: Vignette depicting a busy street with a man at left comforting his friend at right, who buries his face in his hand, from an Unidentified Edition of Voltaire's Jeannot et Colin
  • Series/Portfolio: Jeannot et Colin
  • Artist: Blanchard (French)
  • Artist: After Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, Paris 1741–1814 Paris)
  • Author: François-Marie Arouet (French, Paris 1694–1778 Paris)
  • Publisher: Furne et Cie. (Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1800
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 10 13/16 × 7 in. (27.5 × 17.8 cm)
    Plate: 9 1/2 × 6 7/16 in. (24.2 × 16.4 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed, 1964
  • Object Number: 64.542.255
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Blanchard - Vignette depicting a busy street with a man at left comforting his friend at right, who buries his face in his hand, from an Unidentified Edition of Voltaire's Jeannot et Colin - The Metropolitan Museum of Art