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This and 9 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Lighthouse and Altarpiece Designs.

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1920

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2016

2025

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Print, Design for a Lighthouse

This is a Print. It was designed by A. Le Canu and print maker: A. Le Canu and published by Jean François Daumont. It is dated 1760–75 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: Le Canu inv; lettered lower center: à Paris chez Daumont

It is inscribed

Numbered in plate, upper right: 3; lettered lower center: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Toises; lettered lower center below frame: Architecture propre à differens usages; lettered lower right: DD; inscribed in graphite lower right margin: 3/ 1921-6-293(3)

Cite this object as

Print, Design for a Lighthouse; Designed by A. Le Canu (French, active 1746 – 1768); Published by Jean François Daumont (French, active 1740-1775); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-293-3

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