PrintsFrench18th century

The Ferry

1773

Artists

Jean-Baptiste Le PrinceArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching and aquatint

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

Image: 23 × 28.7 cm (9 1/16 × 11 5/16 in.) Plate: 26.8 × 32 cm (10 9/16 × 12 5/8 in.) Sheet: 36.3 × 41.5 cm (14 5/16 × 16 5/16 in.)

Provenance

John Witt Randall, bequest; to Belinda Lull Randall, his sister, gift; to Harvard University, 1892

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