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Pierre Adrien Le Beau, Claude-Louis Desrais, Jacques Esnaut & Michel Rapilly

Portrait of Antoine Petit

1764-1774

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Pierre Adrien Le Beau, Claude-Louis Desrais, Jacques Esnaut & Michel Rapilly

Portrait of Antoine Petit

1764-1774

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet: 300 × 220 mm. (11 13/16 × 8 11/16 in.) Plate: 190 × 125 mm. (7 1/2 × 4 15/16 in.) Image: 160 × 110 mm. (6 5/16 × 4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1984.81.4427
Petit (1722-1794) was a French physician, the king's doctor.

Inscribed: Recto: in plate: top right corner: "108"; below portrait: "Antoine Petit / Medecin du Roi / Professeur d'Anatomie et de Chirurgie / Inspecteur des Hopitaux Militaires"; "Desrais del. / Le Beau sc."; "A Paris chez Esnauts et Rapilly, rue St. Jacques a la Ville de Coutances / A. P. D. R."

Markings: CM: Claghorn

Engraver

Pierre Adrien Le Beau

French, 1748-1810
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Artist

Claude-Louis Desrais

French, 1746-1816
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Publisher

Jacques Esnaut & Michel Rapilly

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