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This and 12 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Book, Album of Prints: Coach Designs from the Louis XV Period by Chopard, ca. 1750.

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Bound Print, Designs of Carriage Parts, ca. 1750

This is a Bound print. It was designed by Jean-François Chopard and published by Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly and print maker: Jean-François Chopard. It is dated ca. 1750 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is 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.

It is inscribed

Printed upper right, in plate: 13; Printed lower center, in plate, above the scale bar: Echelle de 5. Pièds; Printed lower center, in plate: à Paris chez N. J. B. de Poilly rue S. Jacques à l’Esperance.

Cite this object as

Bound Print, Designs of Carriage Parts, ca. 1750; Designed by Jean-François Chopard (French, active 18th century); Published by Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly (France, 1712 – ca. 1758); France; engraving on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-272-13

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