C’est dans un de ces transports d’attendrissement que je dis à M. de Luxembourg en l’embrassant (I said this to M. de Luxembourg as I embraced him during a moment of tenderness), from J. J. Rousseau's "Confessions"

Various artists/makers

late 18th–early 19th century

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Title: C’est dans un de ces transports d’attendrissement que je dis à M. de Luxembourg en l’embrassant (I said this to M. de Luxembourg as I embraced him during a moment of tenderness), from J. J. Rousseau's "Confessions"
Artist: After Charles Abraham Chasselat (French, Paris 1782–1843 Paris)
Etcher: Jean-Baptiste-Michel Dupréel (French, active 1787–1817)
Etcher: Louis Pauquet (French, 1759–about 1824)
Etcher: Claude François Fortier (French, Paris 1775–1835 Paris)
Author: Related author Jean Jacques Rousseau (Swiss, Geneva 1712–1778 Ermenonville)
Date: late 18th–early 19th century
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 5 3/8 × 4 1/16 in. (13.7 × 10.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Object Number: Ref.AnonymousFrench.1
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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