Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet (cut to plate): 502 x 359 mm. (19 3/4 x 14 1/8 in.)
Image: 443 x 330 mm. (17 7/16 x 13 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of General Lawrason Riggs
Object Number
1943.32.488
Spell p. 468 #67, 2nd state
Le Blanc #130, 1st state.
General Lawrason Riggs, American, 1861 - 1940
Signed: 1
Inscribed: On Recto: In plate, below image, at left: "Pint par L. Tocqué en 1734."; in plate, below image, at right: "Gravé par J.G. Wille, Graveur du Roy, en 1755."; in plate, below image, at center: "JEAN BAPTISTE MASSÉ. / Peintre et Conseiller de l'Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture."; followed by 6 lines of verse by Piron. Ov Verso: Lower left corner, in graphite: "EfD/Kf"; lower left corner, in graphite: "L.41.488".
Markings: CM: L.R. (Lugt, 1756c)
