Dame Cachetant une Lettre, after Chardin

An image of Dame Cachetant une Lettre (Lady Sealing a Letter). Fessard, Étienne (printmaker; French). After Chardin, Jean Baptiste Siméon. Joullain, François (French artist/publisher). Etching, engraving. 1738.

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Dame Cachetant une Lettre (Lady Sealing a Letter). Fessard, Étienne (printmaker; French). After Chardin, Jean Baptiste Siméon. Joullain, François (French artist/publisher). Etching, engraving. 1738.

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Accession Number: P.204-1951
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 847 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 439.52kB
Exposure time: 1/18
ISO Speed: 100
Captured: 2011:08:23 14:27:10

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