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Print, Plan et Elevation d'un Retable d'autel Orné d'un Pilastre Ionique [et] Plan et Elevation d'un Retable d'autel Orné d'un pilastre Toscan

This is a Print. It was designed by Jules-François Boucher le fils and published by Jacques-François Chéreau and print maker: Pierre Claude Delagardette. It is dated 1774 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving on 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.

It is signed

Lettered lower left, in plate: F. Boucher Inv.; Lettered lower right, in plate: Delagardette Sculp.

It is inscribed

Printed upper left, in plate: Plan et Elevation / d'un Retable d'autel / Orné d'un Pilastre / Ionique; Printed upper right, in plate: Plan et Elevation / d'un Retable / d'autel Orné / d'un pilastre / Toscan; Printed upper right, in plate: E; Printed lower center, in plate: Chereau Exc. Avec Privilege du Roi; Printed lower right, in plate: 4; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 1921-6-256 (20)

Cite this object as

Print, Plan et Elevation d'un Retable d'autel Orné d'un Pilastre Ionique [et] Plan et Elevation d'un Retable d'autel Orné d'un pilastre Toscan; Designed by Jules-François Boucher le fils (French, 1736 – 1782); Print Maker: Pierre Claude Delagardette (French, 1745 - 1792); Published by Jacques-François Chéreau (French, 1742 - 1794); France; engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-256-20

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