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Pierre-Paul Prud'hon

A Reader

Maker

Pierre-Paul Prud&#039
hon
(French, 1758-1823), designer

Title

A Reader

Year

1822

Medium

  • lithograph

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • lithograph

Materials

lithograph

Supports

  • Light weight cream Orienal tissue paper mounted on medium weight cream wove paper (chine colle)

Dimensions

18.3 x 14.6 cm (7 3/16 x 5 3/4 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

In Plate--Recto:In pencil in LL 188.3 Verso:in pencil in LR:166In Plate--In LL:Prud'hon inv. et del.; titled in LC:Une Lecture; in LR:Litho. de C. Motte

Marks: RISD museum stamp in black ink on verso

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Membership Fund

Object Number

66.267

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

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

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Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (French, 1758-1823), designer
Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, printer
A Reader, 1822
lithograph
18.3 x 14.6 cm (7 3/16 x 5 3/4 inches) (plate)
Museum Membership Fund 66.267

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