print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 2011,7013.1.50
Description: Two men standing on a balcony, one holding a trumpet, the other a piglet, showing it to the cowd gathered below; proof before letter of illustration to an unidentified edition of Gresset's works Etching and engraving on chine collé
Producer name: Print made by: Jean Baptiste Touzé; After: Achille Devéria
School/style: French
Production date: 1820s
Materials: paper
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 194 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 140 millimetres
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Curator's comments: See 2011,7013.1.1 for comment on album.
Bibliographic references: IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes (undescribed) (Deveria)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Illustration to: Jean Baptiste Louis Gresset
Acquisition name: Donated by: Stephen Bann; In Honour of: Antony Griffiths
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: G Martenet
Acquisition date: 2011
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 2011,7013.1.50

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