Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet
French, 1731–1797
After François Boucher, (French, 1703–1770)
The Dispatch of the Messenger
after 1769
| Medium | etching and engraving on laid paper |
| Dimensions | Border: 16 9/16 x 12 7/16 in. (42.1 x 31.6 cm) image: 12 3/4 x 10 3/8 in. (32.4 x 26.3 cm) plate: 17 1/16 x 12 7/8 in. (43.4 x 32.7 cm) sheet: 20 9/16 x 15 13/16 in. (52.3 x 40.1 cm) |
| Object Number | 1955.2237 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet, The Dispatch of the Messenger, after 1769, etching and engraving on laid paper. Clark Art Institute, 1955.2237
Select Bibliography
Ludig, Sandra G. Between the Lines: Ladies and Letters at the Clark. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1982.
Lawrence, Harry Walton, and B. L. Dighton. French Line Engravings of the late XVIII Century. London: Lawrence and Jellicoe, 1910.
