Etching Recognition Opens The Temple Of Memories To Virtue

the Temple of Memories, allegorical and neo-classical 
dot engraving by Jean François Prot (active at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century)
Prot engraver, of whom we know little, was known  for illustrating Paul & Virginie by Bernardin de Saint Pierre, in 1806 by Didot publisher (les Adieux)
The engraving is based on a composition signed: C...... del. (?)
in Paris at Ostervald the elder, publisher, Rue Pavée St André des Arts, n° 5
39.3 x 56.3 cm subject        15.47 x 22.16 in.
48.8 x 59.4 cm sheet         19.21 x 23.38 inches
Good condition.
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