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Print, REPRÉSENTATION DES JEUX, DANSES ET EXERCICES AVEC EPÉES

This is a Print. It was designed by Johann Martin Weis and print maker: 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 × 89.4 cm (24 9/16 × 35 3/16 in.) Platemark: 44.8 × 77 cm (17 5/8 × 30 5/16 in.) Image: 43.2 × 74 cm (17 in. × 29 1/8 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

Letterd in plate, lower center: REPRÉSENTATION DES JEUX, DANSES ET EXERCICES AVEC EPÉES, / Executés sous le bon plaisir et en présence de Sa Majesté LOUIS XV. le 9. Octobre 1744. sur la terrasse au bas du Palais Episcopal de Strasbourg, vers la Riviere d’Ill, par les Boulangers de LA meme Ville, conduits en Ordre et marche de Ceremonie par leurs Officiers, après qu’ils eurent obtenu du Roy la permission d’offrir à Sa Majesté un gateau du pays / orné de differentes especes de patisseries et de fleurs; numbered upper right : No. 11

Cite this object as

Print, REPRÉSENTATION DES JEUX, DANSES ET EXERCICES AVEC EPÉES; Designed by Johann Martin Weis (French, 1711 - 1751); Print Maker: Jacques-Philippe Le Bas (French, 1707–83); France; etching and engraving on paper; Sheet: 62.4 × 89.4 cm (24 9/16 × 35 3/16 in.) Platemark: 44.8 × 77 cm (17 5/8 × 30 5/16 in.) Image: 43.2 × 74 cm (17 in. × 29 1/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-208-13

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