The gallant scene Le Petit Jour, after Sigmund Freudeberg and engraved by Nicolas de Launay, engraver to the king: the young woman in her shift is helped by her maid at the dressing table while the gentleman waits seated at the foot of the bed. Lettered Peint par S. Freudeberg and Grave par N. de Launay, Graveur du Roy, with the central cartouche left blank.
The gallant scene Le Petit Jour, after Sigmund Freudeberg and engraved by Nicolas de Launay, engraver to the king: the young woman in her shift is helped by her maid at the dressing table while the gentleman waits seated at the foot of the bed. Lettered Peint par S. Freudeberg and Grave par N. de Launay, Graveur du Roy, with the central cartouche left blank.
Published in London in 1910 in French Line Engravings of the Late XVIII Century by H. W. Lawrence and B. L. Dighton, a survey of French gallant printmaking of the last third of the 18th century.
Medium: Engraving on laid paper
Artist / after: Sigmund Freudeberg
Engraver / lithographer: Nicolas de Launay
Source: French Line Engravings of the Late XVIII Century (London, 1910)
Dimensions: 10.0 x 12.6 in (25.3 x 32 cm)
Condition: Very good; clean paper with wide margins and one very small foxing spot in the left margin