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Print, Elevation of a Temporary Trumphal Arch

This is a Print. It was designed by Joseph Labbé and Charles-André Tramblin and print maker: Antoine Hérisset and Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly. It is dated ca. 1750 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching with engraved parts on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.


Louis XV’s return to Paris after his illness and recovery in the Metz in 1745 was duly celebrated.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

32 × 23.9 cm (12 5/8 × 9 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Caption: "REPRESENTATION DE L'ARC DE TRIOMPHE / Veue du côté du Faubourg St. Martin/ Inventé, Peint et Executé par les Srs Tramblin et l'Abbé/A Paris chez de Poilly et chez Herisset le Pere Graveurs rue S. Jacques Avex Pr. du Roy."

Cite this object as

Print, Elevation of a Temporary Trumphal Arch; Designed by Charles-André Tramblin (French, active mid-18th century), Joseph Labbé; Print Maker: Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly (France, 1712 – ca. 1758), Antoine Hérisset (French, 1685 - 1769); France; etching with engraved parts on paper; 32 × 23.9 cm (12 5/8 × 9 7/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-51

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