Laughingly he took the hand of the fearful maiden

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M9255
People: Charles Étienne Gaucher, French (1741 - 1802)
After Jean-Jacques-François Lebarbier, French (Rouen 1738 - 1826 Paris)
Title: Laughingly he took the hand of the fearful maiden
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Il prit d'un air riant la main de la belle craintive
Series/Book Title: Illustration from Oeuvres complètes de Gessner
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1784
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/265005

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Engraving
Dimensions: Image: 19.7 × 14.7 cm (7 3/4 × 5 13/16 in.)
Plate: 27.5 × 19.9 cm (10 13/16 × 7 13/16 in.)
Sheet: 31.5 × 26.5 cm (12 3/8 × 10 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: W. G. Russell Allen and Paul J. Sachs, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1938

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: IFF, vol XIII, no. 186, p. 513

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of W. G. Russell Allen and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year: 1938
Object Number: M9255
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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