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Print, Charity

This is a Print. It was created by Charles-Francois-Adrien Macret and after Paolo de Mattheis. It is dated 1780–81 and we acquired it in 1955. Its medium is engraving. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum Purchase in Memory of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

14.2 x 10.6 cm (5 9/16 x 4 3/16 in.) cut within platemark

It has the following markings

Marks: Basan, Poullain, mark 74

It is inscribed

Inscribed, lower left: Paulus Mathey Pinx.; lower right: Carolus Macret sculp.; lower margin: Du Cabinet de Mr. Poullain. (OPB '59)

Cite this object as

Print, Charity; Charles-Francois-Adrien Macret (1752 – 1723); After Paolo de Mattheis (Italian, 1662 - 1728); France; engraving; 14.2 x 10.6 cm (5 9/16 x 4 3/16 in.) cut within platemark; Museum Purchase in Memory of Erskine Hewitt; 1955-153-52

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