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This and 119 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Bound Volume, Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier.

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Print, Dousieme livre des oeuvres de J.A. Meissonnier/Livre de Chandeliers de Sculpture en Argent.

This is a Print. It was designed by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier and engraved by Gabriel Huquier and published by Gabriel Huquier. It is dated 1740 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving on white 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: 36.5 x 23 cm (14 3/8 x 9 1/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed on plate, upper left: M; upper center: Dousieme livre des oeuvres de J.A. Meissonnier; upper right: 73; lower left: J.A. Meissonnier inv.; lower center: Livre de Chandeliers de Sculpture en Argent/A Paris chez Huquier ruë Saint Jacques au coin de celle des Mathurins. C.P.R.; lower right: Huquier, Sculp.

Cite this object as

Print, Dousieme livre des oeuvres de J.A. Meissonnier/Livre de Chandeliers de Sculpture en Argent.; Designed by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (French, b. Italy, 1695–1750); Engraved by Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772); France; engraving on white laid paper; Platemark: 36.5 x 23 cm (14 3/8 x 9 1/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-212-31-a

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