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Design for Wallpaper "L'Innocent Badinage, or Boys at Play"

Etcher Paul Sandby British
After Antoine Watteau French
Publisher D. Voisin British
ca. 1745–50
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Design for Wallpaper "L'Innocent Badinage, or Boys at Play"
  • Etcher: Paul Sandby (British, baptized Nottingham 1731–1809 London)
  • Artist: After Antoine Watteau (French, Valenciennes 1684–1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
  • Publisher: D. Voisin (British, active London, 1747–49)
  • Date: ca. 1745–50
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 11 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (30.3 × 20.1 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Gift of Kee Il Choi Jr. and Svjetlana Kabalin, in cherished memory of their friend, Walter Liedtke, 2015
  • Object Number: 2015.747
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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