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Print, Almanac for the First Half of the Year 1778, with Portraits of the Royal French Family
This is a Print. It was published by Louis-Joseph Mondhare and subject: Marie Antoinette, Queen of France and Louis XVI, King of France. It is dated 1777 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving and etching on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
A portrait frieze depicts members of the French royal family.
This object was
donated by
Advisory Council.
It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
Its dimensions are
16.6 × 25.3 cm (6 9/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Watermark: tablet with indistinct inscription
It is inscribed
Bottom margin: "a Paris ches Mondhare rue St. Jacques près St. Severin".
Cite this object as
Print, Almanac for the First Half of the Year 1778, with Portraits of the Royal French Family; Published by Louis-Joseph Mondhare (French, 1734–1799); Subject: Louis XVI, King of France, Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (French, 1755 - 1793); engraving and etching on paper; 16.6 × 25.3 cm (6 9/16 × 9 15/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-3
