A woman sitting in a chair playing the hurdy-gurdy and looking towards a man on her left. Engraving by R. Gaillard, 1743, after S. Leclerc.

  • Leclerc, Sébastien, the younger, 1676-1763.
Date:
[1743]
Reference:
33843i
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Publication/Creation

[Paris] : [Le Bas] ; [Londres] : [Major], [1743]

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; image 19.3 x 18.9 cm

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La vielleuse ...

Creator/production credits

This accomplished engraving and its pair are the earliest works by Gaillard recorded in the Inventaire du fonds français (loc. cit.)

References note

E. Pognon and Y. Bruand, Inventaire du fonds français: graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes, vol. 9, Paris 1962, p. 378, nos. 1-2 ("[Le Joueur de musette et La Vielleuse, deux pendants d'après Sébastien II Leclerc]. Estampes vendues chez J.-Ph. Le Bas et annoncées au Mercure en octobre 1743 (p. 2248-2249).")

Reference

Wellcome Collection 33843i

Notes

The left-hand print in a pair of prints: the right hand print is Wellcome Library no. 33842i

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  • Trimmed to silhouette, connecting the two figures more closely to each other
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