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The flight on purpose (La fuite à dessein)

Jacques Couché

French, 1759–after 1808

After Jean-Honoré Fragonard, (French, 1732–1806)

The flight on purpose (La fuite à dessein)

1783

Medium etching on laid paper
Dimensions image: 11 1/2 x 9 5/8 in. (29.2 x 24.5 cm) plate: 14 1/2 x 11 5/16 in. (36.8 x 28.7 cm) sheet: 17 3/8 x 12 5/16 in. (44.2 x 31.2 cm)
Object Number 1955.2370
Acquisition Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status Off View

Image Caption

Jacques Couché, The flight on purpose (La fuite à dessein), 1783, etching on laid paper. Clark Art Institute, 1955.2370

Select Bibliography

Lawrence, Harry Walton, and B. L. Dighton. French Line Engravings of the late XVIII Century. London: Lawrence and Jellicoe, 1910. Portalis, Roger and Henri Beraldi. Les graveurs du dix-huitième siècle. New York: B. Franklin. 1970.

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