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Print, LE COURSE DE CHEVAUX
This is a Print. It was published by François Chéreau, the younger and print maker: Jacques Bacheley and after Hubert-François Gravelot. It is dated mid- 18th century and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was
donated by
Advisory Council.
It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
It is signed
Lettered lower left in plate: Grav. inv.; lettered lower right in plate: Bachel. scul.
It is inscribed
Lettered lower left in plate: De ce Cheval fougeux cessant d’être le guide, / Cet Enfant est puni de sa témérité; lettered lower right in plate: Lorsqu’à ses passions l’homme lâche la bride, / Tout-à-coup vers l’abyme il se voit emporté; lettered lower centre in plate: LE COURSE DE CHEVAUX.; numbered upper right in plate: 4; inscribed in graphite lower right margin: 27
Cite this object as
Print, LE COURSE DE CHEVAUX; Print Maker: Jacques Bacheley (French, 1712 – 1781); After Hubert-François Gravelot (French, active England, 1699 - 1773); Published by François Chéreau, the younger (French, 1717 – 1755); France; etching on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-349-27
