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Print, POELE militaire, orné de trophées et faisceaux d’armes en colonnes aux quatre angles

This is a Print. It was designed by Louis Bosse and manufactured by Ollivier and print maker: Louis-Gustave Taraval and published by Ollivier. It is dated ca. 1791 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and hand colored watercolor 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.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 41.5 × 26.4 cm (16 5/16 × 10 3/8 in.) Platemark: 32.8 × 19.1 cm (12 15/16 × 7 1/2 in.) Image: 31.2 × 17.7 cm (12 5/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: Bosse inve.; lettered lower right: Taraval Sc.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper right, above plate mark: 14

Cite this object as

Print, POELE militaire, orné de trophées et faisceaux d’armes en colonnes aux quatre angles; Designed by Louis Bosse (French); Published by Ollivier (French); Print Maker: Louis-Gustave Taraval (French, 1738 – 1794); France; etching and hand colored watercolor on paper; Sheet: 41.5 × 26.4 cm (16 5/16 × 10 3/8 in.) Platemark: 32.8 × 19.1 cm (12 15/16 × 7 1/2 in.) Image: 31.2 × 17.7 cm (12 5/16 × 6 15/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-407-28

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