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Print, Title Page: Design for a Fantastical Landscape

This is a Print. It was designed by Maurice Jacques and published by Jacques-Philippe Le Bas and print maker: Jacques-Philippe Le Bas. It is dated 1756 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 : Jacques del.; lettered lower center: AParis chez Jacques Ph. Le Bas Graveur du Cabinet du Roy rue de la Harpe 1756; lettered lower right : Jac. Ph. Le Bas direct.

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, lower center : Suittes de Décorations, de six feuilles, a l’usage / Théâtre, Panneaux, Carosses, &c.; inscribed in graphite, below plate, lower right : 1.; inscribed in graphite, lower right margin: 1921-6-323(1); numbered in plate, upper right: 1

Cite this object as

Print, Title Page: Design for a Fantastical Landscape; Designed by Maurice Jacques; Print Maker: Jacques-Philippe Le Bas (French, 1707–83); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-323-1

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