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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.

Object Timeline

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1920

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2024

  • You found it!

Print, Cadran à Vent de Me le Duc de Mortemart en 1724 (Design for a Barometer for the Duc of Mortemart in 1724), plate 98, in Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)

This is a Print. It was designed by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier and engraved by Gabriel Huquier and published by Gabriel Huquier. It is dated 1748 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

54.9 x 34.8 cm (21 5/8 x 13 11/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in plate, lower left: J. A. Meissonnier inv.; lower right: Huquier Sculp.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in plate, upper right: 98; lower center: Cadran a vent de Mr le Duc de Mortemar en 1724. / A Paris chés Huquier rue St. Jacque près. celle des Mathurins. CP.R.

Cite this object as

Print, Cadran à Vent de Me le Duc de Mortemart en 1724 (Design for a Barometer for the Duc of Mortemart in 1724), plate 98, in Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier); Designed by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (French, b. Italy, 1695–1750); Engraved by Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772); France; etching and engraving on white laid paper; 54.9 x 34.8 cm (21 5/8 x 13 11/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-212-56

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