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Jean Jacques Rousseau (Primary Title)

David Martin, English, 1736 - 1798 (Artist)
after, Allan Ramsay, Scottish, 1713 - 1784 (Artist)

1766
English
Works On Paper
Prints
mezzotint on laid paper with a watermark
European Art
Sheet (trimmed past plateline at lower edge): 15 1/8 × 11 3/8 in. (38.42 × 28.89 cm)
Image: 13 5/16 × 10 7/8 in. (33.81 × 27.62 cm)
Mat: 24 × 18 in. (60.96 × 45.72 cm)
35.1.279
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: A. Ramsey Londini pinx./ 1766. Printed beneath image lower right: D. Martin fecit. Printed beneath image in center: Jean Jacques Rousseau/ Vitam Impedere Vero. Inscribed in graphite on verso lower right: "R816G" (?) and "80.202." Framing notes inscribed in graphite on verso upper left and lower right.
Bequest of John Barton Payne
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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