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Bound Print, Design for a Carriage

This is a Bound print. It was designed by Johann Michael Hoppenhaupt II and print maker: I. W. Meil. It is dated 1753 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and 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

40.8 x 64.2 cm (16 1/16 x 25 1/4 in

It is signed

Lettered lower left, in plate: Hoppenhaupt Senior inv:

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left, in margin: C-5727-H

Cite this object as

Bound Print, Design for a Carriage; Designed by Johann Michael Hoppenhaupt II (German, 1709–ca. 1778); Print Maker: I. W. Meil (German); Germany; etching and engraving on white laid paper; 40.8 x 64.2 cm (16 1/16 x 25 1/4 in; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-221-2

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008.

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