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Vignette on page 139 of Volume IV, from the 1774 Edition of Emile ou de l'Education par J.-J. Rousseau Citoyen de Genèvre, part of Collection Complette des oeuvres de J. J. Rousseau, Londres. 1774.

1778
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  • Title: Vignette on page 139 of Volume IV, from the 1774 Edition of Emile ou de l'Education par J.-J. Rousseau Citoyen de Genèvre, part of Collection Complette des oeuvres de J. J. Rousseau, Londres. 1774.
  • Series/Portfolio: 1774 Edition of Emile ou de l'Education par J.-J. Rousseau Citoyen de Genèvre, part of Collection Complette des oeuvres de J. J. Rousseau, Londres. 1774.
  • Artist: Nicolas de Launay (French, Paris 1739–1792 Paris)
  • Artist: After Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, Paris 1741–1814 Paris)
  • Author: Jean Jacques Rousseau (Swiss, Geneva 1712–1778 Ermenonville)
  • Date: 1778
  • Medium: Etching and engraving; third state of four (Bocher)
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 13 3/16 × 10 1/2 in. (33.5 × 26.7 cm)
    Plate: 11 5/16 × 8 9/16 in. (28.7 × 21.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930
  • Object Number: 30.67.2(21)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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