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En Tête, from Dorat's "Les Baisers", p. 49

Engraver Nicolas Ponce French
Author Claude Joseph Dorat French
1770
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Object Information
  • Title: En Tête, from Dorat's "Les Baisers", p. 49
  • Series/Portfolio: Les Baisers
  • Engraver: Nicolas Ponce (French, Paris, 1746–1831 Paris)
  • Artist: After Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen (French, Valenciennes 1720–1778 Brussels)
  • Author: Claude Joseph Dorat (French, Paris, 1734–1780)
  • Date: 1770
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Plate: 6 3/4 × 4 1/8 in. (17.2 × 10.4 cm)
    Sheet: 11 1/8 × 7 1/2 in. (28.2 × 19.1 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.3.536
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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