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Postman Delivering a Letter

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Postman Delivering a Letter

1768
18th century
244 x 175 mm (9.6 x 6.9 in.)

Jean-Baptiste Tilliard, French, (1740–1813)
After Augustin de Saint-Aubin, French, (1736–1807)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Etching and engraving on laid paper

State: Second of three states, before letters

Print impression quality: Excellent

Series: from set of seven prints My People (Mes Gens, ou les Commissionaires ultramontains, Les Savoyards)

Marks: Unsigned

Provenance / Collectors' Marks: M.L. Schiff (Lugt 1889)

Bibliography: Bocher, Auguste de Saint-Aubin, 390 ii/iii; Courboin (vol. 2, p. 91), not numbered; Portalis and Beraldi 1 (vol. 3, p. 599); Nagler, Lex. (xxim, 113) 17.

Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1948

Accession Number: 1948.D1.3.2

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labor*, occupations*

labor - Usage in the sense of physical work
occupations - From TGM: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/tgm/item/tgm007172 (former DAC keywords "professions" and "trades" assimilated to this term in 2010)

Dimensions

sheet Dimensions: 244 x 175 mm (9.6 x 6.9 in.)

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Jean-Baptiste Tilliard, French, (1740–1813) Augustin de Saint-Aubin, French, (1736–1807) . Postman Delivering a Letter, 1768. From My People (Mes Gens, ou les Commissionaires ultramontains, Les Savoyards). Etching and engraving on laid paper. Second of three states, before letters. sheet : 244 x 175 mm (9.6 x 6.9 in.). DAC accession number 1948.D1.3.2. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1948. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: M. Johnston) .

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