The Merchant of Live Fish | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: R7286
People: Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, French (Metz 1734 - 1781 Saint-Denis-du-Port)
Title: The Merchant of Live Fish
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Le marchand de poisson vivant
Series/Book Title: Troisième suite de divers cris de Marchands de Russie
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1767
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/238467

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Etching and aquatint
Dimensions: Image: 11.7 × 9.5 cm (4 5/8 × 3 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 13.9 × 10.5 cm (5 1/2 × 4 1/8 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. 95, p. 460; Hédou, no. 52, p. 119

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number: R7286
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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