Crowning of Voltaire at the Théâtre Français, 30 March 1778

Jean-Michel Moreau, Charles-Étienne Gaucher1782

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Title: Crowning of Voltaire at the Théâtre Français, 30 March 1778
Creator: Charles-Etienne Gaucher after Jean-Michel Moreau
Date Created: 1782
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower right: “Gaucher”; with all inscriptions
Print State: Sixth or seventh of seven states
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Purchase funds, 1959
Materials & Techniques: Etching and engraving on laid paper
Keywords: theater (discipline)
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 264 mm x 300 mm (10.39 in. x 11.81 in.).
Bibliography: Portalis and Beraldi 18 (vol. 2, pp. 261–62); Courboin 731 (vol. 2, pp. 154–57); Carlson and Ittmann, cat. 87; “The World of Voltaire” (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1969), p. 22; Draibel, “Moreau le jeune,” cat. 37; Lawrence and Dighton 59; Bocher describes 7 states; after the first etched state, subsequent changes are to the inscriptions only
Associated People: Created by Charles-Etienne Gaucher (French, 1741-1804), After Jean-Michel Moreau (French, 1741-1814)
Accession Number: 1959.7.1

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