Philibert-Louis Debucourt
French, 1755–1832
The Sweet Note (Hair rolled up. Spencer of velvet) (Le billet doux (Cheveux retroussés. Spencer de velours))
1800
| Portfolio | Modes et Manières du jour (Fashions and Manners of the Day) |
| Plate | Plate 22 |
| Medium | hand-colored etching on paper |
| Dimensions | Border: 6 3/8 x 4 3/16 in. (16.2 x 10.7 cm) image: 6 1/4 x 4 1/8 in. (15.9 x 10.4 cm) plate: 7 5/8 x 5 1/16 in. (19.4 x 12.9 cm) sheet: 10 9/16 x 7 1/4 in. (26.8 x 18.4 cm) |
| Object Number | 1955.2046 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Philibert-Louis Debucourt, The Sweet Note (Hair rolled up. Spencer of velvet) (Le billet doux (Cheveux retroussés. Spencer de velours)), 1800, hand-colored etching on paper. Clark Art Institute, 1955.2046
Select Bibliography
Fenaille, Maurice. L'oeuvre gravé de P.-L. Debucourt (1755-1832). Paris: Morgand, 1899.
Ludig, Sandra G. Between the Lines: Ladies and Letters at the Clark. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1982.
