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Print, The Sweet Impression of Harmony

This is a Print. It was after Louis-Leopold Boilly. It is dated ca. 1790 and we acquired it in 1926. Its medium is stipple engraving and aquatint on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane. It is credited Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane.

Its dimensions are

Plate: 40.6 × 31.4 cm (16 in. × 12 3/8 in.) Paper: 49.1 × 34.9 cm (19 5/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Bottom amrgin: "Peint par Boilly"; "Gravée par F. J. Wolff"; "La Douce Impression de l'Harmonie./A Paris chez l'Auteur, Rue S. Severin, No 108/l'Escalier au fond de la Cour au Second."

Cite this object as

Print, The Sweet Impression of Harmony; After Louis-Leopold Boilly (1761 – 1845); France; stipple engraving and aquatint on paper; Plate: 40.6 × 31.4 cm (16 in. × 12 3/8 in.) Paper: 49.1 × 34.9 cm (19 5/16 × 13 3/4 in.); Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane; 1926-22-280

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