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Print, Fantastical Garden Ornament Design

This is a Print. It was designed by François-Thomas Mondon and print maker: Antoine Aveline and published by Antoine Aveline and François-Thomas Mondon. It is dated 1736 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.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 23.3 x 17.8 cm (9 3/16 x 7 in.) Sheet: 31.9 x 23.5 cm (12 9/16 x 9 1/4 in.)

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: Mondon le fils Inv; lettered lower right: A. Aveline Sculp.

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, upper left: D; numbered upper right: 2; inscribed in graphite lower right, below plate: 2; lettered in plate, lower center: Avec Privilege du Roy

Cite this object as

Print, Fantastical Garden Ornament Design; Designed by François-Thomas Mondon (French, ca. 1709 – 1755); Print Maker: Antoine Aveline (French, 1691 – 1743); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Platemark: 23.3 x 17.8 cm (9 3/16 x 7 in.) Sheet: 31.9 x 23.5 cm (12 9/16 x 9 1/4 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-366-2

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