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Print, Title Page: Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Designs
This is a Print. It was designed by Pierre Moreau and published by Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly and print maker: Pierre Moreau. It is dated ca. 1767 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: Moreau. Inv. et. fecit.; lettered lower center: a Paris chez N.J.B. de Poilly rue S. Jacques a l’Esperance
It is inscribed
Lettered in plate, upper left: B.1; lettered upper center: DIVERS DÉCORATIONS DE CHEMINÉE; inscribed in graphite lower right margin: 1921-6-357(7); inscribed in graphite lower left margin: 7
Cite this object as
Print, Title Page: Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Designs; Designed by Pierre Moreau (French, 170? – 1762); Published by Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly (France, 1712 – ca. 1758); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-357-7
