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Print, REPRÉSENTATION DE LA CEREMONIE DANS LAQUELLE LES VINS D’HONNEUR FURENT OFFERTS A SA MAJESTÉ LOUIS XV

This is a Print. It was designed by Johann Martin Weis and engraved by Jacques-Philippe Le Bas. 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 × 89.6 cm (24 9/16 × 35 1/4 in.) Platemark: 44.6 × 76.3 cm (17 9/16 × 30 1/16 in.) Image: 43.5 × 73.4 cm (17 1/8 × 28 7/8 in.)

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: Inventé dessiné et dirigé par J.M. Weis Graveur de la Ville de Strasbourg; lower right: Gravé par J. P. Le Bas Graveur du Cabinet du Roy.

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, lower center : REPRÉSENTATION DE LA CEREMONIE DANS LAQUELLE LES VINS D’HONNEUR FURENT OFFERTS A SA MAJESTÉ LOUIS XV/ De la part du Magistrat de Strasbourg, le 6 Octobre 1744 par le Corps des Tonneliers de la même Ville, qui obtinrent en même tems du Roy la permission d’executer, sous les yeux de Sa/ Majesté, et sur la Terrasse du Palais Episcopal, au bord de la Riviere, plusieurs Jeux et Exercices auxquels ils s’etoient disposés.; numbered upper right : No.9

Cite this object as

Print, REPRÉSENTATION DE LA CEREMONIE DANS LAQUELLE LES VINS D’HONNEUR FURENT OFFERTS A SA MAJESTÉ LOUIS XV; Designed by Johann Martin Weis (French, 1711 - 1751); Engraved by Jacques-Philippe Le Bas (French, 1707–83); France; etching and engraving on paper; Sheet: 62.4 × 89.6 cm (24 9/16 × 35 1/4 in.) Platemark: 44.6 × 76.3 cm (17 9/16 × 30 1/16 in.) Image: 43.5 × 73.4 cm (17 1/8 × 28 7/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-208-11

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