Identification title(s): seeing and being seen. Elegant company in the jardin du palais royal in paris. La promenade publique (title on object). Object type: print object number: rp-p-1979-202. Catalog reference: iff 18e siècle 26-3(3). Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2760. Description: company from the highest circles of paris, on the eve of the french revolution, talking and flirting in the garden of the palais royal. The group includes some well-known figures from parisian society, such as the future louis xviii (then duke of chartres) who sends a kiss with his hand to a woman behind him. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: philibert-louis debucourt (mentioned on object), after own design by: philibert-louis debucourt (mentioned on object), publisher: depeuille (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: paris. Date: 1792. Physical characteristics: aquatint and etching printed in color and colored by hand. Material: paper technique: aquatint / etching / color printing / hand coloring. Dimensions: top: h 443 mm (cut off inside the plate edge) × w 632 mm (cut off inside the plate edge). Subject: what: clothes, costume (+ men's clothes), clothes, costume (+ women's clothes), fashion platesdandy, beaulovers; courting, flirting dress, gown (+ women's clothes), head-gear: hat (+ men's clothes), head-gear: hat (+ women's clothes), wigwalking, hiking (recreation). When: 1775 - 1799. Where: jardin du palais royal. Who: louis xviii (king of france). Credit line: purchase from the f. G. Waller fund. Acquisition: purchase 1979. Date: 1792.
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