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Print, Elevation and Plan for a Public Fountain, 1745
This is a Print. It was designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder and published by Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly. It is dated 1745 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving 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
Platemark: 36.1 x 23.4 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/16 in.) Sheet: 44 x 28.6 cm (17 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
It is inscribed
Printed upper center, in plate: 12me. Livre / Livre de Fontaines, proper a placer dans le milieu d'unne place publique, Inventées par François de / Cuvilliés, premier Architecte de leurs A.S.E. de Baviere, ét de Cologne.; Printed upper right, in plate: M.; Printed lower center, in plate: Se vend a Paris Chez le Sr. Poilly ruë St. / Iacque a limage St. Benoit Avec Privilege du Roy. ét aussi chez l'auteur.; Printed lower right, in plate: 1.; Inscribed in graphite, lower center, in margin: 62.
Cite this object as
Print, Elevation and Plan for a Public Fountain, 1745; Designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder (Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768); Published by Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly (France, 1712 – ca. 1758); Germany; etching and engraving on off-white laid paper; Platemark: 36.1 x 23.4 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/16 in.) Sheet: 44 x 28.6 cm (17 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-285-63
