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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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1920

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Print, Ornament Design with Crayfish Motif, pl. 14 in Livre des Légumes [Series of Vegetable Ornament] pl. in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier

This is a Print. It was designed by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier and published by Gabriel Huquier and engraved by Pierre-Quentin Chedel. It is dated 1748 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on off-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

16 x 11.1 cm (6 5/16 x 4 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed on plate, upper left: C; upper right: No. 14; lower left: MEISSONIER INV.; lower right: CHEDEL SCUL.; lower center: C.P.R.

Cite this object as

Print, Ornament Design with Crayfish Motif, pl. 14 in Livre des Légumes [Series of Vegetable Ornament] pl. in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier; Designed by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (French, b. Italy, 1695–1750); Engraved by Pierre-Quentin Chedel (1705 – 1763); Published by Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772); France; etching on off-white laid paper; 16 x 11.1 cm (6 5/16 x 4 3/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-212-9-a

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