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Seated Man with a Gun and a Knife (noose hanging from tree above)
late 18th century
Medium/Technique
Ink and wash on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 24 x 19 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Eleanor A. Sayre
Accession Number2002.441
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
DescriptionFailed suicide (comment on philosophy)
InscriptionsOn book within image: Boindin / helvetius / Diderot; and on another book: Sistême de La Nature
ProvenanceEleanor A. Sayre, Cambridge, MA; bequest to MFA