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1920

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2016

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Print, DESCRIPTION DES FÊTES DONNÉES PAR LA VILLE DE STRASBOURG Pour la Convalescence du Roi : à l’arrivée et pendant le séjour de Sa Majesté en cette Ville.

This is a Print. It was designed by Johann Martin Weis and Pierre Edme Babel and engraved by Martin Marvie and Pierre Edme Babel and calligrapher: Le Parmentier. 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

Recto: Sheet: 62.3 × 45.5 cm (24 1/2 × 17 15/16 in.) Platemark: 52 × 40.5 cm (20 1/2 × 15 15/16 in.) Image: 50.1 × 40 cm (19 3/4 × 15 3/4 in.) Verso: Sheet: 62.3 × 45.5 cm (24 1/2 × 17 15/16 in.) Platemark: 52 × 39 cm (20 1/2 × 15 3/8 in.) Image: 50.6 × 38.6 cm (19 15/16 × 15 3/16 in.)

It is signed

Recto, lettered in plate, upper left, below headpiece: Weis Invenit et del.; lettered upper right, below headpiece: Marvye Sculp.

It is inscribed

Recto: numbered in plate upper right : 1; lettered upper center : RETOUR DU PONT DU RHIN; lettered in center : DESCRIPTION/ DES FÊTES DONNÉES/ PAR/ LA VILLE DE STRASBOURG/ Pour la Convalescence du Roi : à l’arrivée et pendant le / séjour de Sa Majesté en cette Ville.; Verso: numbered in plate, upper left: 2

Cite this object as

Print, DESCRIPTION DES FÊTES DONNÉES PAR LA VILLE DE STRASBOURG Pour la Convalescence du Roi : à l’arrivée et pendant le séjour de Sa Majesté en cette Ville.; Designed by Johann Martin Weis (French, 1711 - 1751), Pierre Edme Babel (French, 1720–1775); Calligrapher: Le Parmentier (French, active 1737–1752); Engraved by Martin Marvie (1713 – 1790); France; etching and engraving on paper; Recto: Sheet: 62.3 × 45.5 cm (24 1/2 × 17 15/16 in.) Platemark: 52 × 40.5 cm (20 1/2 × 15 15/16 in.) Image: 50.1 × 40 cm (19 3/4 × 15 3/4 in.) Verso: Sheet: 62.3 × 45.5 cm (24 1/2 × 17 15/16 in.) Platemark: 52 × 39 cm (20 1/2 × 15 3/8 in.) Image: 50.6 × 38.6 cm (19 15/16 × 15 3/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-208-14

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