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Touch

Publisher Gabriel Huquier French
1720–70
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Touch
  • Series/Portfolio: The Five Senses
    (Les Cinq Senses)
  • Artist: François Boucher (French, Paris 1703–1770 Paris)
  • Publisher: Gabriel Huquier (French, Orléans 1695–1772 Paris)
  • Date: 1720–70
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Plate: 14 1/4 × 10 5/8 in. (36.2 × 27 cm)
    Sheet: 14 3/8 × 10 13/16 in. (36.5 × 27.5 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
  • Object Number: 53.600.1003(5)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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