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Louis Hersent

La Courtisanne Amoureuse

Description

Maker

Louis Hersent (French, 1777-1860), designer
Francois Seraphin Delpech (French, 1778-1825), printer

Title

La Courtisanne Amoureuse
Choix de Sujets Tirés des Contes de Jean La Fontaine

Year

1819

Medium

  • lithograph

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • lithograph

Materials

lithograph

Supports

  • medium weight cream wove paper

Dimensions

17.5 x 21.3 cm (6 7/8 x 8 3/8 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Verso:in brown ink, LR:A FIn Plate--In LL:Hersent 1819; in LR:Imp. Lithog. de F. Delpech.; titled, LC:La Courtisanne amoureuse.

Marks: RISD Museum stamp in black ink on verso
Amédée Faure collector mark in brown ink on verso (Lugt 115)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

71.145.9

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Working the Stone
Process & Progress of Lithography
Dec 19, 1997 – Apr 05, 1998

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Louis Hersent (French, 1777-1860), designer
Francois Seraphin Delpech (French, 1778-1825), printer
La Courtisanne Amoureuse; Choix de Sujets Tirés des Contes de Jean La Fontaine, 1819
lithograph
17.5 x 21.3 cm (6 7/8 x 8 3/8 inches) (plate)
Museum Works of Art Fund 71.145.9

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