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L'Agreable Société (The Pleasant Company), from a series of 12 plates, engraved after a group known as the Ports de Mer de la France (harbor scenes) by J. Vernet

1767
Not on view
The twelve plates are engraved by Le Bas and Martinet, and the etched base of seven of the twelve plates, according to Bocher, is by Moreau le jeune.

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Object Information
  • Title: L'Agreable Société (The Pleasant Company), from a series of 12 plates, engraved after a group known as the Ports de Mer de la France (harbor scenes) by J. Vernet
  • Series/Portfolio: Series of 12 plates, engraved after a group known as the Ports de Mer de la France (harbor scenes) by J. Vernet
  • Artist: Engraved by Jacques Philippe Le Bas (French, Paris 1707–1783 Paris)
  • Artist: Etched by Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, Paris 1741–1814 Paris)
  • Artist: After Joseph Vernet (French, Avignon 1714–1789 Paris)
  • Publisher: Jacques Philippe Le Bas (French, Paris 1707–1783 Paris)
  • Date: 1767
  • Medium: Etching and engraving; third state of three (Bocher)
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 8 9/16 × 5 1/2 in. (21.8 × 14 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
  • Object Number: 53.600.1677
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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