This and 5 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Print, Album of Prints: New Collection of Ironwork in the Newest Taste, by Moreau.

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1920

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2016

2025

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Print, Staircase and Iron Balustrade Design

This is a Print. It was designed by Moreau and published by Louis-Joseph Mondhare and print maker: Jean Pelletier. It is dated 1761 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 24.8 x 39.8 cm (9 3/4 x 15 11/16 in.)

It is signed

Etched lower center, in plate: Pelletier f. 1761

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left, in margin: 1921-6-226 (2)

Cite this object as

Print, Staircase and Iron Balustrade Design; Designed by Moreau; Print Maker: Jean Pelletier (French, born ca. 1736); Published by Louis-Joseph Mondhare (French, 1734–1799); France; engraving on paper; Sheet: 24.8 x 39.8 cm (9 3/4 x 15 11/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-226-2

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