Gallerie des Modes et Costumes Français Desinés D'Apres Nature

Multiple artists/makers

1778 [to 1787]

Not on view

Artwork Details

Title: Gallerie des Modes et Costumes Français Desinés D'Apres Nature
Author: Descriptive text written by G. F. R. Molé (French, active 18th century)
Designer: Pierre Thomas Le Clerc (French, Paris, ca. 1740–ca. 1796)
Designer: Claude Louis Desrais (French, Paris 1746–1816 Paris)
Designer: Designed and etched by Jean-Baptiste Martin (French, 18th century)
Designer: François Louis Joseph Watteau (French, Valenciennes 1758–1823 Lille)
Engraver: Claude-Ferdinand Gaillard (French, Paris 1834–1887 Paris)
Engraver: Jean-Baptiste Patas (French, Paris 1744?–?1802 Paris)
Engraver: Pierre Adrien Le Beau (French, born Paris, 1748)
Engraver: Nicolas Dupin (French, active 1776–89)
Engraver: Etienne Claude Voysard (French, Paris 1746–1812 Paris)
Engraver: Jean Alexandre Aveline (French, Paris 1739–1781 Paris)
Printer: Jean-Augustin Grangé (French) , Paris
Publisher: Esnauts et Rapilly (French, active 1766–1804)
Published in: Paris
Date: 1778 [to 1787]
Medium: plates: engraving, aquatint
Dimensions: Overall: 14 9/16 x 10 1/4 x 1 3/8 in. (37 x 26 x 3.5 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1938
Object Number: 38.38.8(1-3)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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