Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806) The Wardrobe. 1778. Etching. Subject: 460 x 342 [540 x 417 mm]. Wildenstein 23; Baudicour 2; I.F.F. 22. A very fine print on laid paper, from the first state (of 3), prior to corrections and before any lettering, trimmed flush with the plate. Scattered small, light foxing spots. A small, faint moisture stain in the lower left corner and another along the left edge. Generous margins on the copper plate. Formerly in the collection of Louis Deglatigny (Lugt 1768a). AABM stamp (Lugt 3075). "Fragonard’s etching is a reverse image of a wash drawing once owned by the printmaker Robert de Launay, whose father Nicolas was one of the most successful engravers of Fragonard’s paintings; unfortunately, the whereabouts of this drawing are unknown. " (V. Carlson, in V. I. Carlson and J. W. Ittmann, eds., *Regency to Empire: French Printmaking 1715–1814*, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1984, p. 227).