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Print (Aquatint)
Le Docteur Francklin Couronné par la Liberté.
Jean Claude Richard de Saint-Non, Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Jean Claude Richard de Saint-Non (Etcher)
Place of Origin
Paris; France; Europe
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1977.0209
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Special Fund for Collection Objects
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Object Number
1977.0209
Object Name
Print (Aquatint)
Title
Le Docteur Francklin Couronné par la Liberté.
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Jean Claude Richard de Saint-Non (Etcher); Jean-Honoré Fragonard (Designer)
Place of Origin
Paris; France; Europe
Subject(s)
- Allegory
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Aquatint
- Etched
Dimensions (inches)
14.32 (H) x 11.9 (W) x 9.4 (Image H) x 7.46 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
36.4 (H) x 30.1 (W) x 23.8 (Image H) x 18.95 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at right. W at bottom. D at bottom left. Plate H: 9.6 in. (24.5 cm). Plate W: 8.1 in. (20.6 cm). Chain intervals: 3.3-3.5 cm; laid lines 9 per cm. Frame H: 23.8 in. (60.5 cm). Frame W: 17.8 in. (45.2 cm). Frame D: 0.9 in. (2.4 cm).
Publisher Summary
J. de Saint-Non
Publisher Date
01/01/1778
Place of Publication
Paris, Ville de Paris department, Ile-de-France, France, Europe
Publisher Name
J. de Saint-Non
Edition State
II
Edition Watermark
none
Edition Notes
On April 17, 1778, Saint-Non commented that he had bitten the cap too deeply, while in the original concept it was meant to float in air. To minimize the blackness of the cap, he re-etched the foreground to darken it even further. This impression seems to be from the second state of the copperplate in which the foreground shadows were so strengthened that the rays of light and the airborne cap appear lightened by contrast. Indeed, in comparing this print to that in the Bibliotheq