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Print, Plan of the Gardens at Versailles

This is a Print. It was after Jean de la Grive. It is dated 1746 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

Plate: 61.5 × 93.5 cm (24 3/16 × 36 13/16 in.) Paper: 70.5 × 100.5 cm (27 3/4 × 39 9/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscription faintly seen, lower left margin.

Cite this object as

Print, Plan of the Gardens at Versailles; After Jean de la Grive (French, 1689 - 1757); Germany; engraving on paper; Plate: 61.5 × 93.5 cm (24 3/16 × 36 13/16 in.) Paper: 70.5 × 100.5 cm (27 3/4 × 39 9/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-70

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