PrintsFrench19th century

Jailer

19th century

Artists

Narcisse Edmund Joseph DesmadrylArtist

Charles-Alexandre DebacqArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Mezzotint

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Provenance

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

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