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La nature étaloit à nos yeux toute sa magnificence.: P.11-1954

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

La nature étaloit à nos yeux toute sa magnificence.
Illustration to Rousseau's 'Emile'

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Simonet, Jean Baptiste Blaise
Draughtsman: Moreau, Jean Michel the younger (After)

Entities

Categories

Description

One of eleven plates (including two title pieces). For Book IV, p.8

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1954-01) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1778

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Sheet Height 266 mm Width 191 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: H. Webber invt.
  • Location: First print, lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: T. Holloway sculpt.
  • Location: First print, lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Copied from Capt. Phillip's Voyage/ to Botany Bay, by Permission of the Proprietor:
  • Location: First print, below image
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER
  • Location: Second print, upper centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.11-1954
Primary reference Number: 184353
Mahérault: 245 (p.264)
Bocher (Moreau): 1456 III
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 22 February 2022 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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