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Print, Design for an Andiron
This is a Print. It was designed by Jean François Forty and published by Jacques-François Chéreau and print maker: Augustin Nicolas Foin. It is dated ca. 1780 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: J. Fr. Forty Del / A Paris chez Chereau rue des Mathurins; lettered lower right: N. Foin Sculp/ Avec Privilége du Roy
It is inscribed
Inscribed in graphite, in plate, upper left: 3; lettered in plate, upper right: C; numbered lower right: 1; lettered lower center: Cahier de six Feux de Cheminées, à l’usage des Fondeurs/ Dessinés Par J. Fr. Forty, et Gravés par N. Foin.
Cite this object as
Print, Design for an Andiron; Designed by Jean François Forty (active 1775 – 1790); Print Maker: Augustin Nicolas Foin (French, 1726–c. 1759); Published by Jacques-François Chéreau (French, 1742 - 1794); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-532-1
