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This and 119 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Bound Volume, Oeuvre de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier.

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Print, Differents Desseins de Tabatieres, premiere planche [Different Designs for Snuff Boxes], p. 49 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonnier

This is a Print. It was designed by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier and published by Gabriel Huquier and etched by Gabriel Huquier. It is dated 1748 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on off-white 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

29.8 x 22.4 cm (11 3/4 x 8 13/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed on plate, upper left: H; upper right: 49; upper center: Huitieme Livre des oeuvres de Mr. Messonnier.; lower left: Huquier Sculp.; lower center: Differents Desseins de Tabatieres; below left: A Paris chés Huquier rue St. Jacque; below right: au coin de celle des Mathurins C.P.R.

Cite this object as

Print, Differents Desseins de Tabatieres, premiere planche [Different Designs for Snuff Boxes], p. 49 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonnier; Designed by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (French, b. Italy, 1695–1750); Etched by Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772); France; etching on off-white laid paper; 29.8 x 22.4 cm (11 3/4 x 8 13/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-212-18-a

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