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Le Couronnement de Voltaire, Le 30 Mars 1778
Translated as: The Crowning of Voltaire, 30 March 1778
Draughtsman: Moreau, Jean Michel the younger
History note: M. Formalaques; his sale, Paris, Regnault, 22 March 1804, lot 13, Supp.; Earl of Carnarvon; M. Schiff, sold Christie's, 24 June 1938, lot 43, bt. Agnew for Louis C.G. Clarke
Bequeathed 1960.
Height: 183 mm
Width: 236 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Pen, black ink and brown wash on paper, the sheet folded vertically, centre
Accession number: PD.92-1961
Primary reference Number: 6670
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