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This and 119 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Bound Volume, Oeuvre de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier.

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Print, Design for a Candlestick

This is a Print. It was designed by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier and published by Gabriel Huquier and print maker: Phillippe-Louis Compagnon-Desplaces. It is dated 1748 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving 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

26.5 x 21.2 cm (10 7/16 x 8 3/8 in.)

It is signed

Lettered lower left in plate: Meissonnier Architecte in.; lower right in plate: Desplaces Sculpsit.

It is inscribed

Lettered upper left in plate: B; upper right in plate: 11; lower center in plate: Avec Privilege du Roy.

Cite this object as

Print, Design for a Candlestick; Designed by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (French, b. Italy, 1695–1750); Print Maker: Phillippe-Louis Compagnon-Desplaces (French, 1682 – 1739); Published by Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772); France; etching and engraving on paper; 26.5 x 21.2 cm (10 7/16 x 8 3/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-212-7-b

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