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Print, Le Billet Doux
This is a Print. It was engraved by Nicolas Delaunay and after Niclas Lafrensen, the younger. It is dated 1778 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is engraving and etching on white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
Its dimensions are
55.6 × 42.5 cm (21 7/8 × 16 3/4 in.)
It is signed
Printed in black ink, lower left margin: Peint à la Gouasse par N. Lavereince, Peintre du Roy de Suede; lower right margin: Gravé par N. De Launay, de l'Académie Royale de Peinture et Sculpture
It is inscribed
Printed in black ink, lower center margin: LE BILLET DOUX [in small text, just below image]; across lower margin: LE BILLET DOUX / Dédié à Monsieur Menage de Pressigny, / Conseiller Fermier Général de Sa Majesté; lower left margin: Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. Menage de Pressigny / A Paris, chez De Launay, Graveur du Roy, rue de / la Bucherie, la porte cochere près la rue des Rats. / A. P.; lower right margin: Par son très humble et très / obéissant Serviteur, / N. De Launay / D. R. [A.P. and D.R. are cut off at the base so that only the top of the letters are visible.]
Cite this object as
Print, Le Billet Doux; Engraved by Nicolas Delaunay (French, 1739–1792); After Nicolas Lavreince (Swedish, 1737–1807); engraving and etching on white paper; 55.6 × 42.5 cm (21 7/8 × 16 3/4 in.); 1963-74-5
