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Object Type
Museum number: 1925,0114.31
Title: Object: La Course des chevaux; Series: Monument du Costume Physique et Moral de la fin du Dix-huitième siècle
Description: Plate 28: landscape with man and rider conversing while a horse race is taking place in the background; finished proof, before letters. 1777/83 Etching and engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Heinrich Guttenberg; After: Jean Michel Moreau le jeune
School/style
Production date: 1777-1783
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 409 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 319 millimetres
Curator's comments: See 1925-1-14-14 for comment.
Bibliographic references: Bocher 1882 / Jean Michel Moreau le jeune: catalogue raisonné (1363.Ia); Lawrence & Dighton 1910 / French Line Engraving of the late XVIII Century (234.b)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: french costume 18thc; horse-racing
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1925
Acquisition notes: According to the register, the complete set of the 'Monument de Costume' including a number of proof states (Lawrence Dighton nos.207 to 242) came via Agnew's from the Comte de Greffuhle, with the exception of 1925,0114.12.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1925,0114.31

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