Tom Jones Assisting Molly Seagrim in the Churchyard — Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg. Tom Jones Assisting Molly Seagrim in the Churchyard, 1775. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Tom Jones Assisting Molly Seagrim in the Churchyard

by Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg

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Artist: Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg (French, Strasbourg 1740–1812 London)
Date: 1775
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk underdrawing
Dimensions: diameter: 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Joseph Baillio, in honor of Philippe de Montebello, 2008
Accession no.: 2008.423

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