Jean de la Fontaine de l'Academie Françoise [graphic]

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Title: Jean de la Fontaine de l'Academie Françoise [graphic]
Creator: Edelinck, Gérard, 1640-1707, printmaker
Contributor: Rigaud, Hyacinthe, 1659-1743, artist.
Published / Created: [between 1695 and 1700?]
Publication Place: Paris?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Portrait of French fabulist Jean de la Fontaine, half-length, facing front with head turned to the left; in oval frame with coat of arms in lower part; illustration for Perrault's 'Les Hommes illustres'. c.1695/1700."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text in image.
Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: R,6.244.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
In paper frame: 393 x 258 mm.
Provenance: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 278 x 203 mm
Language: French

Access: Public
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