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This and 30 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album Containing Prints of Children's Scenes.

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1920

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

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Print, ESOPE ET LES ANIMAUX

This is a Print. It was print maker: Jacques Bacheley and after Hubert-François Gravelot. It is dated mid- 18th–late 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 inscribed

Lettered lower left in plate: Voyés ces Animaux: voilà vos Précepteurs; / Reglés sur leur conduit, ou corrigez vos mœurs. / En voulant nous instruire, un Sage ainsi débute.; lettered lower right in plate: Pour nous quelle confusion, / Que l’aveugle instinct de la Brute / Doive éclairer notre raison.; lettered lower centre in plate: ESOPE ET LES ANIMAUX.; numbered upper centre in plate: 3; inscribed in graphite lower right margin: 30

Cite this object as

Print, ESOPE ET LES ANIMAUX; Print Maker: Jacques Bacheley (French, 1712 – 1781); After Hubert-François Gravelot (French, active England, 1699 - 1773); France; etching on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-349-30

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