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Print, Fireworks in Meudon

This is a Print. It was created by Charles Nicolas Cochin the younger and dedicatee: Louis, Dauphin of France and made for Michel de Bonneval. It is dated 1735 and we acquired it in 1919. Its medium is etching with engraving support: white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Mrs. Henry T. Maury.

Its dimensions are

51 x 68.5 cm (20 1/16 x 26 15/16 in.) Platemark/repeat: 40.5 x 49.2 cm (15 15/16 x 19 3/8 in.) Mat: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.)

Cite this object as

Print, Fireworks in Meudon; Charles Nicolas Cochin the younger (1715 - 1790); Dedicatee: Louis, Dauphin of France (1729 – 1765); Made for Michel de Bonneval (French, d. 1766); France; etching with engraving support: white laid paper; 51 x 68.5 cm (20 1/16 x 26 15/16 in.) Platemark/repeat: 40.5 x 49.2 cm (15 15/16 x 19 3/8 in.) Mat: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.); Gift of Mrs. Henry T. Maury; 1919-17-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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