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Boucher & Chardin : masters of modern manners / edited by Anne Dulau ; with contributions by Christoph Martin Vogtherr [and] Ann Eatwell.

Naked putti at work in a garden, representing the element earth. Etching by C. Duflos, ca 1750, after F. Boucher.

A young woman stands with a sheep by her side. Crayon manner print by Gilles Demarteau after F. Boucher.

A tiger hunt, showing a dismounted hunter being set-upon by tigers (or leopards?), while his fellow exotically-dressed hunters look on in horror. Engraving by J.J. Flipart, 1773, after F. Boucher.

A boy pulls at the hand of a girl who is holding eggs in her apron. Engraving by P. Aveline, ca. 1734, after F. Boucher.

A woman sitting next to her dressing table being shown fashion accessories by a fashion seller sitting at her feet. Photogravure, 1912, by C. Eggimann after F. Boucher.

A crocodile hunt, showing a group of bare-chested hunters and their dogs in an exotic landscape, attacking a crocodile with spears and stakes. Engraving by P. P. Moles, 1773, after a painting by F. Boucher, 1739.

Tools for working and polishing gemstones. Engraving by Defehrt after Boucher.

Nymphs holding the new born Adonis next to a myrrh tree representing Myrrha his mother amidst great rural splendor. Engraving by G. Scotin after F. Boucher.

A country fair: itinerant entertainers act on a stage, women and children look at a peep show, others dance to music provided by a man playing a hurdy-gurdy and boy playing a small trumpet. Engraving by C.N. Cochin the younger, 1740, after F. Boucher.

A man pours tea for a resting Chinese warrior as a kettle steams on the stove beside them. Coloured etching with ornamentation after F. Boucher, early 18th century.

A young woman tying a ribbon to a target with an arrow piercing a heart in the centre. Process print after F. Boucher, 1753.

Sir Isaac Newton. Etching by L. Cars after F. Boucher.

Two children feeding a cat from a spoon. Crayon-manner print (?) by G. Demarteau after F. Boucher.

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A young woman tying a ribbon to a target with an arrow piercing a heart in the centre. Process print after F. Boucher, 1753.

A country fair: itinerant entertainers act on a stage, women and children look at a peep show, others dance to music provided by a man playing a hurdy-gurdy and boy playing a small trumpet. Engraving by C.N. Cochin the younger, 1740, after F. Boucher.

Sir Isaac Newton. Etching by L. Cars after F. Boucher.

Two children feeding a cat from a spoon. Crayon-manner print (?) by G. Demarteau after F. Boucher.

Nymphs holding the new born Adonis next to a myrrh tree representing Myrrha his mother amidst great rural splendor. Engraving by G. Scotin after F. Boucher.