
Le Tambourin (The Tambourin)
Gift of Charles Netcher
Catalogue
- Year
- 1788
- Dimensions
- Image: 30.7 × 23.5 cm (12 1/8 × 9 5/16 in.); Plate: 39 × 29.2 cm (15 3/8 × 11 1/2 in.); Sheet: 49.3 × 34.4 cm (19 7/16 × 13 9/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist

Printmaking
Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820)
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The Night, plate 1 from Paul et Virginie
1795 · Etching and engraving printed in yellow, blue, red, and black inks on paper
The Fugitive Slave, plate 2 from Paul et Virginie
1795 · Etching and engraving printed in yellow, blue, red, and black inks on paper
Finding Virginie's Body, plate 5 from Paul et Virginie
1795 · Etching and engraving, from four plates, in yellow, blue, red and black, on ivory laid paper
The Prayer, plate 6 from Paul et Virginie
1795 · Etching and engraving in yellow, blue, red, and black on ivory laid paper
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Year
- 1788
- Dimensions
- Image: 30.7 × 23.5 cm (12 1/8 × 9 5/16 in.); Plate: 39 × 29.2 cm (15 3/8 × 11 1/2 in.); Sheet: 49.3 × 34.4 cm (19 7/16 × 13 9/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1788-024841
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





