Album of Caricatures

second half of the 18th century
Not on view
This acquisition includes two portrait etchings, one of Saly and one of La Live de Jully, as well as a bound album made up of sixteen early impressions and one later impression of La Live de Jully's "Recueil de caricatures", etched ca. 1754 after drawings by Jacques François Joseph Saly, eight caricatures etched after Thiemet, and two anonymous prints of a standing man and standing woman.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Album of Caricatures
  • Artist: Ange-Laurent de La Live de Jully (1725–1779)
  • Artist: after Jacques François Joseph Saly (French, Valenciennes 1717–1776 Paris)
  • Artist: after Guillaume Thiemet (French, active ca. 1781/88)
  • Artist: after Charles Nicolas Cochin II (French, Paris 1715–1790 Paris)
  • Artist: Anonymous, French
  • Date: second half of the 18th century
  • Medium: Etchings
  • Dimensions: 11 7/16 × 8 1/16 × 3/8 in. (29 × 20.5 × 1 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Albums
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Carolyn Bullard Gift, in honor of E. John Bullard and funds from various donors, 2014
  • Object Number: 2014.196.1 (1–27)–.3
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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