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Portraits des grands hommes, femmes illustres, et sujets mémorables de France, gravés et imprimés en couleurs

(French, 1750–1818)
(French, 1753–1832)
(French, active late 18th–early 19th century)
(French, active 1789–1820)
(French, active late 18th–early 19th century)
(French, active late 18th–early 19th century)
(French, 1784–1825)
(French, 18th century)
(French, active 1786–1792)
About 1786–92
Place of PublicationParis, France
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with 194 etching and engravings printed in colors, with 21 further duplicate impressions laid in
DimensionsOverall (each vol.): 32.3 x 25.8 x 4.7 cm (12 11/16 x 10 3/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession number37.2393a-b
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ClassificationsIllustrated books
Description
Paris: Blin [about 1786-1792]
ProvenanceJohn L. Dudley, Jr. (armorial bookplate dated 1909); acquired in 1917 from Anderson Auctions, New York, by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.
Balloon Ascension from the Tuileries on 1 December 1783
Antoine-François Sergent-Marceau
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