Le Billet Doux, Nicolas Delaunay, French, 1739–1792, Nicolas Lavreince, Swedish, 1737–1807, Engraving and etching on white paper, Print after a gouache work by Niclas Lafrensen, the younger. Shows an interior featuring a man and two women. The woman on the right is handed a folded letter by the standing man in the center, as she reaches towards him. She is seated with a small musical instrument is in her lap. The second woman appears to the left of the man; she is seated and reading a sheet of music. A harp, cello, and harpsichord stand to the right

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