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Print, Design for a Fantastical Landscape with an Obelisk

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 inscribed

Numbered in plate, upper right: 6; inscribed in graphite lower right margin: 6/ 1921-6-323(6)

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Print, Design for a Fantastical Landscape with an Obelisk; 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; 1921-6-323-6

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