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1920

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2016

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Bound Print, Char de la Ville

This is a Bound print. It was published by Marguerite Caillou Chéreau and François Blondel and print maker: Pierre François Tardieu. It is dated 1751 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving on laid 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: 62.9 × 88 cm (24 3/4 × 34 5/8 in.) Platemark: 46.3 × 82.5 cm (18 1/4 × 32 1/2 in.) Image: 44.3 × 80.7 cm (17 7/16 × 31 3/4 in.)

It is signed

Lettered lower right, in plate: P.F. Tardieu sculp.

It is inscribed

Printed lower center, in plate: CHAR DE LA VILLE.

Cite this object as

Bound Print, Char de la Ville; Print Maker: Pierre François Tardieu (French, 1711 - 1771); Published by François Blondel, Marguerite Caillou Chéreau (French, active 1729–1755); France; engraving on laid paper; Sheet: 62.9 × 88 cm (24 3/4 × 34 5/8 in.) Platemark: 46.3 × 82.5 cm (18 1/4 × 32 1/2 in.) Image: 44.3 × 80.7 cm (17 7/16 × 31 3/4 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-207-28

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