The Sons of the Duke of Béthune

Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet after Jean-Germain Drouaisca. 1770-1780

Details

Title: The Sons of the Duke of Béthune
Creator: Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet after Jean-Germain Drouais
Date Created: ca. 1770-1780
Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed in plate, lower center: “Peint par Drouais le fils et Gravé par Beauvarlet” with artists’ addresses
Print State: Second of two 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. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1944
Materials & Techniques: Etching and engraving on laid paper
Keywords: children (people by age group), group portraits
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Sheet dimensions: 360 mm x 490 mm (14.17 in. x 19.29 in.).
Bibliography: Portalis and Beraldi 27 ii/ii (vol. 1, pp. 145–46); Le Blanc 94; Firmin-Didot 100 (vol. 1, p. 29); Courboin (vol. 2, p. 95) not numbered
Associated People: Created by Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet (French, 1731-1797), After Jean-Germain Drouais (French, 1763-1788)
Accession Number: 1944.D1.52

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