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Le Vasseur, Jean Charles, 1734-1816

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  • Two women accompanied by a child are washing clothes in a large vessel. Engraving by C. Le Vasseur after G. Gambarini.
  • One man punches another in a drunken tavern brawl, two others shout encouragement. Engraving by J. Levasseur after A. Brouwer.
  • Erasistratus, a physician, realising that Antiochus's (son of Seleucus I) illness is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rose whenever he saw her. Line engraving by J.C. Levasseur, 1769, after H. Collin de Vermont, 1727.
  • Sex-workers are transported in a cart through the streets of Paris to a hospital for people with sexually transmitted diseases. Engraving by J.C. Le Vasseur after Etienne Jeaurat.
  • The fable of the acorn and the pumpkin: an acorn falls on a man resting under an oak tree on a grassy bank, with pumpkins and his tools and basket around him. Engraving by J.C. Le Vasseur after N. Bertin after J. de La Fontaine.
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    Erasistratus, a physician, realising that Antiochus's (son of Seleucus I) illness is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rose whenever he saw her. Line engraving by J.C. Levasseur, 1769, after H. Collin de Vermont, 1727.

    Collin de Vermont, Hyacinthe, 1693-1761. | Date: [1769?] | Reference: 22177i
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    Sex-workers are transported in a cart through the streets of Paris to a hospital for people with sexually transmitted diseases. Engraving by J.C. Le Vasseur after Etienne Jeaurat.

    Jeaurat, Etienne, 1699-1789. | Date: 1700-1799 | Reference: 28833i
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    An Italian family in the countryside: the father and mother, two children and a young woman. Engraving by C. Le Vasseur after G. Gambarini.

    Gambarini, Giuseppe, 1680-1725. | Reference: 2913508i
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    Pierre Pomme. Line engraving by J. C. le Vasseur, 1782, after F. P. J. Kymli.

    Kymli, Franz Peter Joseph, 1748-1813. | Date: 1782 | Reference: 7913i
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    The fable of the acorn and the pumpkin: an acorn falls on a man resting under an oak tree on a grassy bank, with pumpkins and his tools and basket around him. Engraving by J.C. Le Vasseur after N. Bertin after J. de La Fontaine.

    La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695. | Reference: 31893i
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