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1920

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Print, Title Page

This is a Print. It was designed by Johann Martin Weis and print maker: Martin Marvie and calligrapher: Le Parmentier and printed by Laurent Aubert. It is dated 1745 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on 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: 62.4 × 46.5 cm (24 9/16 × 18 5/16 in.) Platemark: 51.7 × 38.1 cm (20 3/8 in. × 15 in.) Image: 49.6 × 36.6 cm (19 1/2 × 14 7/16 in.)

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: M. Marvie Sculpsit; lower center: Imprimé par Laurent Aubert à Paris; lower right: Le Parmentier Scripsit

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate center of frame: REPRÉSENTATION/ DES FÊTES DONNÉES/ PAR/ LA VILLE STRASBOURG/ Pour la Convalescence du Roi; à l’arrivée et/ pendant le séjour de Sa Majesté en cette Ville./ Inventé, Dessiné, et dirigé par J.M. Weis, Graveur de la Ville de Strasbourg; inscribed in graphite, lower right margin : 1921-6-208 (1)

Cite this object as

Print, Title Page; Designed by Johann Martin Weis (French, 1711 - 1751); Print Maker: Martin Marvie (1713 – 1790); Printed by Laurent Aubert (French, active mid 18th century); Calligrapher: Le Parmentier (French, active 1737–1752); France; etching and engraving on paper; Sheet: 62.4 × 46.5 cm (24 9/16 × 18 5/16 in.) Platemark: 51.7 × 38.1 cm (20 3/8 in. × 15 in.) Image: 49.6 × 36.6 cm (19 1/2 × 14 7/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-208-1

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