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Walter E. Rex collection of French prints [graphic].
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Title:

Walter E. Rex collection of French prints

Creator/Contributor:

Rex, Walter E., creator, collector.

Creator/Contributor:

Moreau, Jean Michel, 1741-1814

Creator/Contributor:

Boucher, François, 1703-1770

Creator/Contributor:

Cochin, Charles Nicolas, 1715-1790

Creator/Contributor:

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré, 1732-1806

Creator/Contributor:

Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773

Creator/Contributor:

Desrais, artist

Creator/Contributor:

Oudry, Jean-Baptiste, 1686-1755

Creator/Contributor:

Vernet, Joseph, 1714-1789

Date:

between ca. 1700 and ca. 1825 (issued)

Note:

Includes works by F. Boucher, C.N. Cochin, Desrais, [J.H.?] Fragonard, H. Gravelot, J.M. Moreau (le jeune), J.B. Oudry, Richard, [J.?] Vernet, and A. Watteau.
Walter (Ted) Edwin Rex (1927-2010) was hired at the University of Berkeley, California in 1960 as an assistant professor of French based on his doctoral thesis on Pierre Bayle, written at Harvard under the direction of the renowned Diderot specialist, Herbert Dieckmann. He retired from the University in 1992.
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Type:

graphic
Engravings.
Etchings.

Physical Description:

graphic
print
40 prints : engravings and etchings ; various sizes.

Language:

French

Origin:

France