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Bound Print, Title Page (recto), 1751

This is a Bound print. It was published by Marguerite Caillou Chéreau and François Blondel and calligrapher: Marie F. Lattré. It is dated 1751 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 63 × 45.4 cm (24 13/16 × 17 7/8 in.) Platemark: 56 × 37 cm (22 1/16 × 14 9/16 in.) Image: 55.2 × 36.5 cm (21 3/4 × 14 3/8 in.)

It is signed

On verso, lettered lower right, in plate: Marie F. Verard femme Lattré Scrip.

It is inscribed

Recto: Printed in center, in plate: FÉTES PUBLIQUES / DONNÉES / PAR / LA VILLE DE PARIS, / a l'occasion du Mariage / DE MONSEIGNEUR LE DAUPHIN, / Les 23 et 26 Fevrier M.DCC.XLIV.; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 1921-6-207(1) Verso: Printed in center, in plate: CE FRONTISPIECE / représente / MONSEIGNEUR LE DAUPHIN./...

Cite this object as

Bound Print, Title Page (recto), 1751; Calligrapher: Marie F. Lattré (French, active eighteenth century); Published by François Blondel, Marguerite Caillou Chéreau (French, active 1729–1755); France; engraving on laid paper; Sheet: 63 × 45.4 cm (24 13/16 × 17 7/8 in.) Platemark: 56 × 37 cm (22 1/16 × 14 9/16 in.) Image: 55.2 × 36.5 cm (21 3/4 × 14 3/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-207-1

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