Two nude children, one sleeping and the other holding a wreath, from "New Book of Children"

After Edme Bouchardon French
Publisher Jacques Gabriel Huquier French
1720–60
Not on view

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  • Title: Two nude children, one sleeping and the other holding a wreath, from "New Book of Children"
  • Series/Portfolio: New Book of Children
    (Nouveau livre d'enfans)
  • Artist: Pierre Alexandre Aveline (French, Paris 1702–1760 Paris)
  • Artist: After Edme Bouchardon (French, Chaumont 1698–1762 Paris)
  • Publisher: Jacques Gabriel Huquier (French, Paris 1730–1805 Shrewsbury)
  • Date: 1720–60
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 15 3/16 × 10 1/16 in. (38.5 × 25.6 cm)
    Image: 14 5/8 in. × 10 in. (37.2 × 25.4 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
  • Object Number: 53.600.2396
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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