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This and 5 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, PLUSIEURS PORTAILS ET PORTES Composés et Gravés par L.G Taraval.

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1920

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

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Print, L’ORDRE COMPOSIT

This is a Print. It was designed by Louis-Gustave Taraval and published by Jacques-François Chéreau and print maker: Louis-Gustave Taraval. It is dated 1768–75 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching 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: 28.6 × 21.3 cm (11 1/4 × 8 3/8 in.) Platemark: 17.7 × 14.9 cm (6 15/16 × 5 7/8 in.) Image: 16.7 × 13.9 cm (6 9/16 × 5 1/2 in.)

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: L.G. Taraval Inv. et Sculp.

It is inscribed

Numbered in plate, lower right: 4; lettered in plate, lower center: L’ORDRE COMPOSIT

Cite this object as

Print, L’ORDRE COMPOSIT; Designed by Louis-Gustave Taraval (French, 1738 – 1794); Published by Jacques-François Chéreau (French, 1742 - 1794); France; etching on paper; Sheet: 28.6 × 21.3 cm (11 1/4 × 8 3/8 in.) Platemark: 17.7 × 14.9 cm (6 15/16 × 5 7/8 in.) Image: 16.7 × 13.9 cm (6 9/16 × 5 1/2 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-485-4

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