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Print, Chimneypiece Design and Title Page
This is a Print. It was designed by A. Le Canu and published by Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau and print maker: A. Le Canu. It is dated 1768 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and 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.
It is signed
Lettered in plate, lower left: Le Canu Inv. Et Sculp.; lettered lower left: AParis chés la Ve. de F. Chereau, rue St. Jacques aux 2 Piliers d’Or; lettered lower right: Avec Privilege du Roi
It is inscribed
Lettered in plate, upper right: 4e Cahier; inscribed in graphite, lower right margin: 1; numbered in plate, lower right: 1; lettered in lower center: SUITE DE CHEMINÉES DE DIFFÉRENTES FORMES / dans le Goût Antique / Composées et Gravées par Le Canu
Cite this object as
Print, Chimneypiece Design and Title Page; Designed by A. Le Canu (French, active 1746 – 1768); Published by Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau (French, active 1755-1768); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-338-1
