Le Lutrin Vivant, de Gresset
Unknown French, French
about 1815-1820
Hand colored etching on laid paper
Sheet: 10 × 15 in. (25.4 × 38.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Louis G. Barrett
PR.960.102.3
Publisher
Maison Martinet, Paris
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, upper center: Le Lutrin vivant de Gresset; lower center; On delibere, on decide soudain / Que le marmot, braque sur le pupitre, / Y servira de livre et de Lutrin.(We think and we suddenly decide, / that the brat on the pupitre is going to be used as a book and a Lutrin.); lower left: A Paris chez Martinet, Libraire, rue du Coq, No. 15
Course History
History 47.02, The French Revolution, Darrin McMahon, Spring 2023
Provenance
Dr. & Mrs. Louis G. Barrett, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 1960.
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