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Object Type
print
Museum number
1877,0811.531
Title
Object:
L'enfance
Description
Interior with teacher sitting with ferula in his hand, and listening as one of his two pupils is reciting his lesson. c.1744 Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Jean Joseph Baléchou
After:
Michel François Dandré-Bardon
Published by:
Bernard Lépicié
Published by:
Louis Surugue
School/style
French
Production date
1744
(c.)
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
380 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
271 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Duplicate of 1917,1208.1282; advertised in 'Mercure', September 1744.
Bibliographic references
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(28)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
lecturer/teacher
education
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Rev John Burleigh James
(L.1425)
Purchased through:
Sotheby's
(sale March - May 1877/234)
Purchased through:
Goupil
Acquisition date
1877
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1877,0811.531