Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, 351 × 452 mm. (13 13/16 × 17 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.10675
Collection Claghorn and J. Burleigh James, (Lugt 1425) ; BMA by gift, 1946; Garrett Collection; T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore
Inscribed: In lower margin at right, just below engraved surface, "Aliamet Sculp." In lower margin at left, just below engraved surface, "J Vernet Pinxit" In center of lower margin, the title. Below "Dedié à Messire Pierre Charles de Villetta Chevalier Seigneur du Plessis Villette. &/Commandeur de l'Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint Louis,/Par Son tres-humble Serviteur Aliamet." At bottom of lower margin, at left, "Tiré de son Cabinet et gravé de la même grandeur de l'Original" At bottom of lower margin in center, "à Paris chez l'Auteur rue des Mathurins vis a vis celle des Masons."
Markings: Watermark, T DUPVY FIN/ AUVERGNE 1749
