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1938

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2015

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Print, Composition of Roman Ruins

This is a Print. It was after Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier and print maker: Gilles-Antoine Demarteau. It is dated 1776–1788 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is color aquatint on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

33 × 25.4 cm (13 × 10 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed, lower left: Le Barbier l'ainé del.; lower right: Demarteau sculp. No. 621; at center: A Paris chez Demarteau…

Cite this object as

Print, Composition of Roman Ruins; Print Maker: Gilles-Antoine Demarteau (1750 – 1802); After Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier (French, 1738 – 1826); France; color aquatint on laid paper; 33 × 25.4 cm (13 × 10 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-138

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