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Print, The Fire of Joy

This is a Print. It is dated ca. 1740 and we acquired it in 1921. Its medium is hand-colored etching with watercolor and gold 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

21 5/8 X 30 11/16 in. 955.0 X 78.0 cm)

It is inscribed

At bottom margin, left: "LE FEU DE JOYE"; on either side of the last are parts of a poem: "Tandis que d'un cote ce feu brille dans l'air/d'un tendre Jouvenceau fait eclatter la flamme," and "fris par ses attraits son mantien et son air/Devient pour tous les coeurs un feu qui les enflamme."

Cite this object as

Print, The Fire of Joy; France; hand-colored etching with watercolor and gold on paper; 21 5/8 X 30 11/16 in. 955.0 X 78.0 cm); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1921-22-289

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