About the Artwork
Paul's Prayers for Virginia
c. 1795
Charles Melchior Descourtis (Artist) French, 1753-1820 Jean Frederic Schall (Artist) French, 1752-1825
Mixed intaglio processes printed in color on wove paper
image: 12 1/2 x 16 in. 31.7 x 40.6 cm sheet trimmed within plate mark
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Founders Society Purchase, John N. and Rhoda Lord Family Fund
66.65
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
In plate below image, lower right: Descourtis Sculp.; lower left: Schall pinxit; lower center: PAUL ET VIRGINIE.; six long lines of text fill the bottom margin; center bottom edge of plate: AParis chez Descourtis rue des Grands Degres No. 12.
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Roux, M. Inventaire du fonds français. Paris, 1951, no. 15.
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Charles Melchior Descourtis; after Jean Frederic Schall, Paul's Prayers for Virginia, c. 1795, Mixed intaglio processes printed in color on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, John N. and Rhoda Lord Family Fund, 66.65.
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