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Le Prince, Jean-Baptiste, 1734-1781

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  • An old physician taking the pulse of a seated patient; representing the sense of touch. Aquatint with etching by J.-B. Le Prince, 1775.
  • A woman in Russia is sitting at a table selling bread to an Albanian soldier wearing a long cloak; a child is curled up asleep on the ground. Etching by J.B. Le Prince, 1765.
  • A young woman is being pushed on a rope swing strung between two trees, a companion sits on the ground beneath. Etching, 17--.
  • A fortune-teller reading the palm of a young woman accompanied by a young man wearing oriental clothes. Etching by I.-S. Helman, 1785, after J.-B. Le Prince.
  • An old physician is taking a young woman's pulse and pointing to her heart, implying that she is suffering from lovesickness, the physicians' assistant is grinning and mixing a concoction. Engraving by I.S. Helman, 1775, after J.B. Leprince, 1773.
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    A young woman is being pushed on a rope swing strung between two trees, a companion sits on the ground beneath. Etching, 17--.

    | Date: 1700-1799 | Reference: 33205i
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    A fortune-teller reading the palm of a young woman accompanied by a young man wearing oriental clothes. Etching by I.-S. Helman, 1785, after J.-B. Le Prince.

    Le Prince, Jean-Baptiste, 1734-1781. | Date: [1786] | Reference: 563057i
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    A woman washing clothes; in the background children are playing in a disused kiln. Aquatint by J.B. Le Prince, 1770.

    Le Prince, Jean-Baptiste, 1734-1781. | Date: 1770 | Reference: 35582i
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    A woman in Russia is sitting at a table selling bread to an Albanian soldier wearing a long cloak; a child is curled up asleep on the ground. Etching by J.B. Le Prince, 1765.

    Le Prince, Jean-Baptiste, 1734-1781. | Date: [1765] | Reference: 30312i
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    A herder resting with his flock of goats near a river. Etching and aquatint by J. B. Leprince, 1769.

    Le Prince, Jean-Baptiste, 1734-1781. | Date: 1769 | Reference: 42298i
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