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Bound Print, Plan de la Place de LOUIS LE GRAND, 1751

This is a Bound print. It was published by François Blondel and Marguerite Caillou Chéreau. 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: 62.7 × 44.8 cm (24 11/16 × 17 5/8 in.) Platemark: 50.2 × 36.8 cm (19 3/4 × 14 1/2 in.) Image: 48.8 × 35.8 cm (19 3/16 × 14 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed lower left, in plate: A. Statue Equestre de Louis le Gd. / B. Salle de 31. Toises de long, y / compris les deux Pavillons.; Printed lower center, in plate: Plan de la Place de LOUIS LE GRAND / ou sont tracées les deux Salles qui ont été / erigées au sujet du Mariage de Monseigneur / le Dauphin 1745.; Printed lower right, in plate: C. Buffets. / D. Orchestre. / E. Piramide de lumiere.; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 1921-6-207 (7)

Cite this object as

Bound Print, Plan de la Place de LOUIS LE GRAND, 1751; Published by François Blondel, Marguerite Caillou Chéreau (French, active 1729–1755); France; engraving on laid paper; Sheet: 62.7 × 44.8 cm (24 11/16 × 17 5/8 in.) Platemark: 50.2 × 36.8 cm (19 3/4 × 14 1/2 in.) Image: 48.8 × 35.8 cm (19 3/16 × 14 1/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-207-7

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