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This and 6 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints: Fountains Designed by François Boucher.

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1920

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2016

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Bound Print, Rocaille Fountain Design

This is a Bound print. It was designed by François Boucher and published by Gabriel Huquier and engraved by Gabriel Huquier. It is dated 1736 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.

Its dimensions are

33.9 × 25.5 cm (13 3/8 × 10 1/16 in.)

It is signed

Lettered lower left, in plate: F. Boucher. In..; Lettered lower right, in plate: Huquier ex

It is inscribed

Printed in plate, lower center: avec privilege du Roy.; Printed upper right, in plate: 7; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 7

Cite this object as

Bound Print, Rocaille Fountain Design; Designed by François Boucher (French, 1703–1770); Engraved by Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772); France; engraving on laid paper; 33.9 × 25.5 cm (13 3/8 × 10 1/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-266-7

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