Chap. VII: C'est à qui m'aura (Who will claim me?)
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
14 1/4 × 10 1/16 in. (36.2 × 25.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.570.3(7)
Tags
Art Historical Context
"Chap. VII: C'est à qui m'aura (Who will claim me? is a lively lithograph from 182, created collaboratively by draughtsman Langlumé, artist Victor Adam and printers Sazerac and Duval Measuring 14¼ × 10⅛ inches, this print captures a moment of playful rivalry, likely a comedic social scene involving men vying for a woman's attention, as suggested by its evocative title and tags for men and women. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department as of The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, it exemplifies the collaborative spirit of early 19th-century French printmaking. Lith...