Title:
Couronnement de Voltaire
Maker(s):
Gaucher, Charles Étienne; printmaker; French artist, 1741-c.1804
Moreau, Jean Michel the younger; draughtsman; after; French artist, 1741-1814
Gaucher, Charles Étienne; publisher; French artist, 1741-c.1804
Category:
Name:
print
Date:
1782
Described in the 'Mercure de France' in 1778, but not advertised for sale until 1782.
School/Style:
French
Period:
18th century
Production
Note:
Trimmed impression of the state with the dedication to and coat of arms of the Marchioness of Villette (trimmed to the interior borderline, but including title below)
Technique(s):
etching
engraving
Dimension(s):
height
width
Acquisition:
bequeathed; 1961; Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Notes:
See P.466-1949 for an impression of an earlier state.
Alternative
Number(s):
BN Inventaire (18thC); 154 II/III
Lawrence/Dighton; 59 IV/V
Mahérault; 393
Related Object(s):
P.466-1949; Couronnement de Voltaire
P.794-1948; Couronnement de Voltaire
PD.92-1961; Le Couronnement de Voltaire, Le 30 Mars 1778
Accession:
Object Number: P.174-1961
(Paintings, Drawings and Prints)
(record id: 184349; input: 2011-05-24; modified: 2011-06-16)
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Identifier: