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Print, The Machine de Marly Seen from the Seine River near St. Germain-en-Laye

This is a Print. It was print maker: Charles Inselin and after Nicolas de Fer. It is dated ca. 1700 and we acquired it in 1998. Its medium is etching. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 23.4 x 34.4 cm (9 3/16 x 13 9/16 in. ); sheet (26 x 40.3 cm) 10 1/4 x 15 7/8 in.

It is inscribed

At top of plate: "LA MACHINE/Située sur la Riviere de Seine Prés St. Germain en Laye et encore plus pres de/la Charmante et magnifique Maison Royale de Marly dont elle porte le nom/Cette Machine eleve 200 pouces d'eau, soixante et deux Toises de haut qu'elle/foar nit au fameaux Versailles quin'en eft êloigné que d'une bonne heure de Chemin./par N. de Fer."; Below image: "Bras de la riviere de Seine"; in field at left: "C. Inselin Sculpsit"

Cite this object as

Print, The Machine de Marly Seen from the Seine River near St. Germain-en-Laye; After Nicolas de Fer (French, 1646–1720); Print Maker: Charles Inselin (French, b. ca. 1673); etching; Platemark: 23.4 x 34.4 cm (9 3/16 x 13 9/16 in. ); sheet (26 x 40.3 cm) 10 1/4 x 15 7/8 in.; Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund; 1998-1-2

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