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This and 52 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Architectural Prints.

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Print, M

This is a Print. It was designed by Giovanni Paolo Gaspari and published by François de Cuvilliés the younger and print maker: Valerian Funck. It is dated 1770 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on 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.

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left corner: Invente I.P. Gaspari; lettered lower right corner: Valerianus Funck Sculp.

It is inscribed

Numbered in plate, upper left corner: 12/ C.P.S.C.M; lettered upper center: PROJETS DE PONTS EN PERSPECTIVE; lettered upper right corner: C.P.R/ M; numbered in plate, lower center: 1770

Cite this object as

Print, M; Designed by Giovanni Paolo Gaspari (1714 – 1775); Print Maker: Valerian Funck; Published by François de Cuvilliés the younger (German, 1731 - 1777); Germany; etching and engraving on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-286-38

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