The Cipher of Love (Le Chiffre d'Amour)

1786

Medium	etching and engraving on laid paper
Dimensions	Border: 14 7/16 x 10 13/16 in. (36.7 x 27.5 cm) image: 11 13/16 x 9 1/2 in. (30 x 24.1 cm) plate: 14 3/4 x 11 7/16 in. (37.4 x 29 cm) sheet: 14 15/16 x 11 1/2 in. (38 x 29.2 cm)
Object Number	1955.2242
Acquisition	Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status	Off View

Image Caption

Nicolas Delaunay, The Cipher of Love (Le Chiffre d'Amour), 1786, etching and engraving on laid paper. Clark Art Institute, 1955.2242

Select Bibliography

Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute.. French Eighteenth-Century Books and Their Illustrators. Sept. 29-Dec. 31, 1995. Lawrence, Harry Walton, and B. L. Dighton. French Line Engravings of the late XVIII Century. London: Lawrence and Jellicoe, 1910. Emile Dacier.. La gravure française.. Paris: Larousse.. [1945]..