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A young woman in love clasps her hands against her heart; representing the sense of touch. Mezzotint by S.W. Reynolds, 1830, after C.-M. Dubufe.
- Dubufe, Claude-Marie, 1790-1864.
- Date
- 1st May, 1830
- Reference
- 563686i
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Credit: A young woman in love clasps her hands against her heart; representing the sense of touch. Mezzotint by S.W. Reynolds, 1830, after C.-M. Dubufe. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Publication/Creation
London (44 Greek Street, Soho Sqe.) : Giraldon-Bovinet, 1st May, 1830.
Physical description
1 print : mezzotint ; image 27 x 21.5 cm
Lettering
Feeling. Le toucher. Dubufe, pinxt. S.W. Reynolds, sculpt.
References note
"Delacroix wrote to a fellow artist [Hippolyte Poterlet]: 'Mr Reynolds will be pleased to have some of your sketches ... he has to engrave innumerable horrors by Dubufe and company'": McIntosh, op. cit., pp. 68-69
DeCourcy E. McIntosh, 'The origins of the Maison Goupil in the age of Romanticism', The British art journal, 2004, 5: 64-76
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 563686i
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Languages
- French
- English
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Location Status Access Closed stores