An Artist at the French Academy in Rome (?), pl. I from "Recueil de caricatures"

This print is bound in an 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.

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  • Title: An Artist at the French Academy in Rome (?), pl. I from "Recueil de caricatures"
  • Artist: Ange-Laurent de La Live de Jully (1725–1779)
  • Artist: After Jacques François Joseph Saly (French, Valenciennes 1717–1776 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1754
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 10 3/4 × 7 9/16 in. (27.3 × 19.2 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)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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