Entrez Messieurs et Dames ... (Enter Gentlemen and Ladies)
Unknown French, French
about 1815-1820
Hand colored etching on wove paper
Sheet: 13 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (34.6 × 24.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.961.168
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, on plate, lower center: Entrez Messieurs et Dames,/C'est le moment ou les Animaux prennet leur Nourriture.; lower left: A Paris chez Gault de St. Germain rue d'Orleans St. Honore No. 13.; lower right: Depose; upper center: MENAGERIE/D'ANIMAUX/VIVANTS;ROSBIF RESTAURA (NT)
Provenance
Rockman Prints; sold to present collection, 1961.
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