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        "tombstone": "The Pranksters (Les Espi\u00e8gles), c. 1798. Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753\u20131820), after Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Schall (French, 1752\u20131825). Wash manner etching and engraving printed in blue, red, yellow, and black ; sheet: 57 x 45 cm (22 7/16 x 17 11/16 in.); to borderline: 46.4 x 37.4 cm (18 1/4 x 14 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Print Club of Cleveland in honor of the museum's one-hundredth anniversary, 2015.150",
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        "title": "The Pranksters (Les Espi\u00e8gles)",
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            {
                "inscription": "In plate, below image: Schall pinx. Descourtis sculp. A Paris, chez Descourtis, Rue des Grands Degr\u00e9s No. 12.\t",
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                    "title": "Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings",
                    "description": "<i>Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016).",
                    "opening_date": "2016-07-16T04:00:00"
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        "description": "This meticulously crafted color print reproduces an oil painting by Jean-Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Schall, an artist best known for his pastoral and mildly erotic scenes.During the French Revolution (1789\u201399), the market for deluxe color prints declined, as titillating subjects and signs of luxury were considered immoral. When attitudes relaxed around 1800, printmakers like Descourtis made a few color prints using multiple plates to layer tinted inks as they had before the Revolution. However, this time-consuming and expensive process was soon replaced by hand coloring that workers could more cheaply and easily accomplish.",
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                "https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-2015.150-the-pranksters-les-e"
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                "citation": "\"Exhibitions.\" <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 56, no. 4 (July/August 2016): 4.",
                "page_number": "Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 4",
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        "catalogue_raisonne": "Portalis & B\u00e9raldi 3; Model/Springer p. 50, plate 20.",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-29 04:57:31.475000"
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