Artworks · Nicolas Delaunay

The Happy Accident of the Swing

1792 · Engraving in black ink on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 51 × 42 cm (20 1/8 × 16 9/16 in.); Sheet: 59.1 × 44.3 cm (23 5/16 × 17 1/2 in.)

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Les Hazards Heureux De L'Escapolettes (The Happy Accident of the Swing)

1792 · Engraving and etching in black ink on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 58.2 × 42.5 cm (22 15/16 × 16 3/4 in.); Sheet: 60.2 × 44.5 cm (23 3/4 × 17 9/16 in.)

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C'est papa! (It's papa!)

1792 · Etching with engraving in black on ivory laid paper

Image: 27 × 30.7 cm (10 11/16 × 12 1/8 in.); Plate: 29.5 × 33.5 cm (11 5/8 × 13 1/4 in.); Sheet: 30.6 × 24.4 cm (12 1/16 × 9 5/8 in.)

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La Bonne Mere (The Good Mother)

1779 · Engraving on ivory laid paper

Image: 57 × 43 cm (22 1/2 × 16 15/16 in.); Plate: 58.8 × 44.5 cm (23 3/16 × 17 9/16 in.); Sheet: 61 × 46 cm (24 1/16 × 18 1/8 in.)

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Les Adieux (Goodbyes, from Monument du Costume Physique et Moral de la fin du Dix-huitième siècle)

1777 · Engraving and etching in black ink on ivory laid paper

Image: 33 × 22 cm (13 × 8 11/16 in.); Plate: 41.2 × 32.3 cm (16 1/4 × 12 3/4 in.); Sheet: 53.4 × 41.1 cm (21 1/16 × 16 3/16 in.)

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Dronken Silenus

1777 · etching on paper, pencil

height: 393 cm, width: 479 cm

Rijksmuseum

Le carquois épuisé (The Empty Quiver)

1775 · Etching and engraving in black ink on white laid paper

Image: 34.5 × 24.6 cm (13 5/8 × 9 11/16 in.); Plate: 35.7 × 25.2 cm (14 1/16 × 9 15/16 in.); Sheet: 39.7 × 28.7 cm (15 11/16 × 11 5/16 in.)

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L'Epouse indiscrete (The Indiscreet Wife)

1771 · Engraving and etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 34.9 × 26.8 cm (13 3/4 × 10 9/16 in.); Plate: 47 × 35 cm (18 9/16 × 13 13/16 in.); Sheet: 51.1 × 37.3 cm (20 1/8 × 14 11/16 in.)

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La Consolation de l'Absence (The consolation of absence)

1765 · Engraving and etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 29 × 21.8 cm (11 7/16 × 8 5/8 in.); Sheet: 37.7 × 27.7 cm (14 7/8 × 10 15/16 in.)

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Le Petit Jour (Morning)

1765 · Engraving and etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 28.9 × 21.7 cm (11 7/16 × 8 9/16 in.); Sheet: 37.2 × 27.2 cm (14 11/16 × 10 3/4 in.)

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Les Soins Tardifs (The Belated Care)

1765 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 29.2 × 21.8 cm (11 1/2 × 8 5/8 in.); Sheet: 37.4 × 28.2 cm (14 3/4 × 11 1/8 in.)

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La complaisance maternelle (Maternal Indulgence)

1765 · Etching and engraving in black ink on white laid paper

Image: 35.4 × 25 cm (13 15/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Plate: 37.3 × 26.8 cm (14 11/16 × 10 9/16 in.); Sheet: 41.2 × 29.4 cm (16 1/4 × 11 5/8 in.)

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Qu'en Dit L'Abbe? (What Does the Abbot Say About it?)

1759 · Engraving in black ink on ivory wove paper

Image: 45 × 30.5 cm (17 3/4 × 12 1/16 in.); Plate: 48 × 35.2 cm (18 15/16 × 13 7/8 in.); Sheet: 50.4 × 35.5 cm (19 7/8 × 14 in.)

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Le Billet Doux (The Love Letter)

1759 · Engraving in black ink on ivory laid paper

Image: 45 × 30.5 cm (17 3/4 × 12 1/16 in.); Plate: 45.5 × 33 cm (17 15/16 × 13 in.); Sheet: 46.7 × 33.3 cm (18 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.)

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La Gaiete Conjuale (Conjugal Gaiety)

1759 · Etching and engraving in black ink on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 28.7 × 32.6 cm (11 5/16 × 12 7/8 in.); Sheet: 29.5 × 33.7 cm (11 5/8 × 13 5/16 in.)

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:Le Petit Predicateur (The Little Preacher)

1759 · Etching on cream laid paper

Image: 26.9 × 30.6 cm (10 5/8 × 12 1/16 in.); Plate: 30 × 34 cm (11 13/16 × 13 7/16 in.); Sheet: 31.6 × 34.7 cm (12 1/2 × 13 11/16 in.)

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Les Baignets (The Fritters)

1759 · Engraving in black ink on ivory laid paper

Image: 26.9 × 30.5 cm (10 5/8 × 12 1/16 in.); Plate: 29 × 32.5 cm (11 7/16 × 12 13/16 in.); Sheet: 37 × 41.4 cm (14 5/8 × 16 5/16 in.)

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L'Education fait tout (Education is Everything)

1759 · Etching with engraving in black on cream laid paper

Image: 27 × 30.6 cm (10 11/16 × 12 1/16 in.); Sheet: 30.9 × 34.8 cm (12 3/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

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Le Chiffre d'amour (The Cipher of Love)

1759 · Engraving on ivory laid paper

Image: 36.6 × 27.5 cm (14 7/16 × 10 7/8 in.); Plate: 37.6 × 29.2 cm (14 13/16 × 11 1/2 in.); Sheet: 43.4 × 33.5 cm (17 1/8 × 13 1/4 in.)

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L'Heureux Moment (The Happy Moment)

1759 · Etching and engraving on ivory laid paper

Image: 29.3 × 22 cm (11 9/16 × 8 11/16 in.); Sheet: 36.8 × 27 cm (14 1/2 × 10 11/16 in.)

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Le carquois épuisé (The Empty Quiver)

1666 · Etching and engraving in black ink on white laid paper

sheet: 30.5 × 23.6 cm (12 1/16 × 9 5/16 in.)

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