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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 and engraving on laid paper
Dimensions image: 11 5/8 x 9 11/16 in. (29.5 x 24.6 cm) sheet: 14 9/16 x 11 1/4 in. (37 x 28.5 cm)
Object Number 1955.2371
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 and engraving on laid paper. Clark Art Institute, 1955.2371

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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