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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