PrintsFrench18th century

Seaport by moonlight

1753

Artists

Adrien ManglardArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

Image: 29.5 × 45.7 cm (11 5/8 × 18 in.) Plate: 31 × 46.7 cm (12 3/16 × 18 3/8 in.) Sheet: 31.5 × 47 cm (12 3/8 × 18 1/2 in.)

Provenance

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

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