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Print, A Shepherd Boy

This is a Print. It was designed by Alexis Peyrotte and engraved by Jean Charles Francois and published by Jean-Charles François. It is dated early 1740s and we acquired it in 1921. Its medium is hand-colored etching with blue, green, yellow watercolors on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

31 7/8 X 22 1/8 in. (81.0 X 56.2 cm)

It is inscribed

At bottom left: "A. Peyrotte pin"; at right: "A Lyon chez Pariset" [very faint]; "Francois Sc."

Cite this object as

Print, A Shepherd Boy; Designed by Alexis Peyrotte (French, 1699–1769); Engraved by Jean Charles Francois (1717–1769); Published by Jean-Charles François (1717 - 1769); France; hand-colored etching with blue, green, yellow watercolors on paper; 31 7/8 X 22 1/8 in. (81.0 X 56.2 cm); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1921-22-260

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