DrawingsFrench18th century

Sheet of Caricatures

1757

Artists

Jean-Laurent LegeayArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Red chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk, laid down on cream antique laid paper

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

diameter: 30.7 cm (12 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Richard Wunder, San Diego, gift; to Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Richard Wunder (1946, Ph.D. 1955) in memory of Agnes Mongan, 2002.20

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