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Print, Plate 7, Vue de l'extérieur de l'église de Notre Dame de Paris (View of the Exterior of the Cathedral Notre Dame, Paris), Vues pittoresques des principaux édifices de Paris

This is a Print. It was designed by François Martin Testard and published by Les Campion freres and engraved by Barthélémy Joseph Fulcran Roger. It is dated 1792 and we acquired it in 1961. Its medium is engraving with brush and watercolor on white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Hamill & Barker. It is credited Gift of Hamill and Barker.

Its dimensions are

18 × 14.2 cm (7 1/16 × 5 9/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in black ink, upper right: No. 7; center, inside circle: VUE DE L'EXTÉRIEUR DE L'EGLISE / DE NOTRE DAME DE PARIS; center, below circle: Cette Eglise a été commencée vers l'an 1160 sous le regne de Louis le jeune, / fur les ruines d'une autre dédiée à St. Etienne, et nofut[?] finie que 200 ans aprés; lower center: A Paris, chex les Campion freres, rue St. Jacques, à la Ville de Rouen. / Avec Priv. du Roi

Cite this object as

Print, Plate 7, Vue de l'extérieur de l'église de Notre Dame de Paris (View of the Exterior of the Cathedral Notre Dame, Paris), Vues pittoresques des principaux édifices de Paris; Designed by François Martin Testard (French, active 1790–1819); Engraved by Barthélémy Joseph Fulcran Roger (French, 1767–1841); Published by Les Campion freres; engraving with brush and watercolor on white paper; 18 × 14.2 cm (7 1/16 × 5 9/16 in.); Gift of Hamill and Barker; 1961-105-191

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