Gallery›Wellcome Collection›Thanks to the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Virtue and Truth prevent Human Pride from resisting the efforts of Nature to allow children to live a happy life. Engraving by G. Vidal after Ch. Monnet.
Thanks to the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Virtue and Truth prevent Human Pride from resisting the efforts of Nature to allow children to live a happy life. Engraving by G. Vidal after Ch. Monnet.
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Thanks to the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Virtue and Truth prevent Human Pride from resisting the efforts of Nature to allow children to live a happy life. Engraving by G. Vidal after Ch. Monnet.

Charles Monnet

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Lettering: Aux Manes de J.J. Rousseau. Cette estampe allégorique est un hommage rendu à la mémoire de l'immortel J.J. Rousseau, pour l'heureuse révolution qu'il a opérée dans les esprits, en délivrant l'enfance des entraves cruelles qui les exposaient aux plus fâcheux accidens ... Monnet inv. ; Vidal sculp.

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