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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, Onzieme livre des oeuvre de Mr. Meissonnier/Projet de Chandelier à branche pour le Roy.

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: 32.3 x 21 cm (12 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed on plate, upper left: L; upper center: Onzieme livre des Oeuvre de Mr. Meissonnier; upper right: 67; lower left: J.A. Meissonnier, inv.; lower center: Projet de Chandelier à branche pour le Roy./A Paris chés Huquier rue St. Jacque au coin de celle des Mathurins; lower right: Huquier Sculp. et ex. ruë St. Jacque C.P.R.

Cite this object as

Print, Onzieme livre des oeuvre de Mr. Meissonnier/Projet de Chandelier à branche pour le Roy.; Designed by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (French, b. Italy, 1695–1750); Engraved by Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772); France; engraving on white laid paper; Platemark: 32.3 x 21 cm (12 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-212-28-a

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