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This and 49 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Architectural Plans and Elevations.

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1920

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2016

2025

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Print, Plan et Elévation d’une Alcove dont la porte ouvre en S. avec son dessus-de-porte / Plan et Elévation d’une Alcove dont la face est ceintrée en plan ornée d’une porte feinte

This is a Print. It was designed by F. Cornille and published by François Chéreau, the younger and print maker: Monchelet. It is dated 1740–55 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and 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 in plate, lower left : Dessiné par F. Cornille.; lettered lower center: Avec Privilége du Roy.; lettered lower right : Monchelet Sculp.

It is inscribed

Numbered upper right: 2; lettered lower right: Plan et Elévation d’une/ Alcove dont la face est ceintrée/ en plan ornée d’une porte feinte; lettered lower left: Echelle de 6. Pieds/ Plan et Elévation d’une Alcove dont la porte/ ouvre en S. avec son dessus-de-porte.; inscribed in graphite, below plate, upper left : 14

Cite this object as

Print, Plan et Elévation d’une Alcove dont la porte ouvre en S. avec son dessus-de-porte / Plan et Elévation d’une Alcove dont la face est ceintrée en plan ornée d’une porte feinte; Designed by F. Cornille; Print Maker: Monchelet (French, active 18th century); Published by François Chéreau, the younger (French, 1717 – 1755); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-274-14

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