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This and 6 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Architecture (3e et 4e cahiers).

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1920

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2016

2025

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Print, Plan d'un batiment de quatre toises de face

This is a Print. It was probably Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau and designed by A. Le Canu and print maker: A. Le Canu. It is dated ca. 1762 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and 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 signed

Lettered in the lower left, within the frame: 'Le Canu inv. et sculp.'.

It is inscribed

Lettered lower right of the plate: 'A.P.D.R' Numbered 6 in the lower right of the plate.

Cite this object as

Print, Plan d'un batiment de quatre toises de face; Probably Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau (French, active 1755-1768); Designed by A. Le Canu (French, active 1746 – 1768); France; etching and engraving on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-302-6

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