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Print, ÉLEVATION D’UNE CHEMINÉE

This is a Print. It was designed by A. Le Canu and published by Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau and print maker: A. Le Canu. It is dated 1768 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. et Sculp.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower right margin: 4; numbered in plate, lower right: 4; lettered in lower center: ÉLEVATION D’UNE CHEMINÉE / A.P.D.R.

Cite this object as

Print, ÉLEVATION D’UNE CHEMINÉE; Designed by A. Le Canu (French, active 1746 – 1768); Published by Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau (French, active 1755-1768); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-338-4

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