The Sword of Damocles, from "The Songs of Béranger"
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Chansons de Béranger
Artist: Fournier & Perrotin|Pierre Jean de Béranger|Melchior Péronard|Eugène Devéria|François Plée|François-Louis Français
Artist bio: French|French, Paris 1780–1857 Paris|French|French, Paris 1805–1865 Pau|French, active Paris, ca. 1827–35|French, Plombières-les-Bains 1814–1897 Plombières-les-Bains
Artist role: Publisher|Author|Engraver|Designer|Engraver|Designer
Artist nationality: French|French|French|French|French|French
Date: 1829
Medium: Intaglio
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 5 1/2 in. (21.9 × 14 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection. The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession year: 1959