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Object Type
print
Museum number
1996,1103.64
Title
Object:
L'Ouyë
Series:
Five senses
Description
A fiddler singing from a small book, after Dumesnil; a young man holding a portfolio listens to him while a maid with a broom has her back turned; oval within rectangular frame Engraving and etching
Producer name
After:
Pierre Louis Dumesnil le jeune
Print made by:
Jean Baptiste de Lorraine
Published by:
Nicolas Beauvais
School/style
French
Production date
1755-1763
(circa)
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
etching
Dimensions
Height:
414 millimetres
Width:
283 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Location
Not on display
Subjects
musician
acrobat/street-performer
allegory/personification
five senses
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Gerald Edward Coke
(Estate of)
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Mrs Patricia Coke
Acquisition date
1996
Acquisition notes
See under 1996-11-3-3.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1996,1103.64