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Moral Tales and New Idylls (Contes Moraux et Nouvelles Idylles)
Salomon GessnerWW-1773-005705
1773·Book with etchings with engraving in black on off-white laid paper·24.9 × 21 × 2.8 cm (9 13/16 × 8 5/16 × 1 1/8 in.)
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg in memory of Bessie Kisloff Braude, Esq.
Catalogue
- Year
- 1773
- Dimensions
- 24.9 × 21 × 2.8 cm (9 13/16 × 8 5/16 × 1 1/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Salomon Gessner
Artist

Salomon Gessner
Painting
Salomon Gessner was a Swiss painter, graphic artist, government official, newspaper publisher, and poet, best known in the latter instance for his Idylls. He was a co-founder of the Helvetic Society and the first publisher and editor of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
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- Salomon Gessner
- Year
- 1773
- Dimensions
- 24.9 × 21 × 2.8 cm (9 13/16 × 8 5/16 × 1 1/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1773-005705
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
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