Conversation Piece by Louis Léopold Boilly — Louis Léopold Boilly. Conversation Piece, 1789–93. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Conversation Piece

by Louis Léopold Boilly

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Artist: Louis Léopold Boilly (French, La Bassée 1761–1845 Paris)
Date: 1789–93
Medium: Pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash
Dimensions: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 5 7/8 in. (18.7 x 14.9cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1911
Accession no.: 11.66.18

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