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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R7278
People
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, French (Metz 1734 - 1781 Saint-Denis-du-Port)
Title
The News
Other Titles
Original Language Title: La gazette
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1771
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/237981

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and lift ground aquatint on off-white laid paper
Technique
Etching and aquatint
Dimensions
Image: 8.5 × 5.3 cm (3 3/8 × 2 1/16 in.)
Plate: 10 × 6.7 cm (3 15/16 × 2 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 11.4 × 8.1 cm (4 1/2 × 3 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
IFF, vol XIV, no. 157, p. 475; Hédou, no. 140, p. 159

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R7278
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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