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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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1920

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2016

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Print, Architectural Plans for a Basement and Ground Floor

This is a Print. It was designed by François de Cuvilliés the younger and François de Cuvilliés the Elder and published by François de Cuvilliés the younger. It is dated 1770 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving and etching 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 lower center, below border: Invente par Mrs de Cuvillies Pere et Fils mis au jour en 1770

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, upper left corner: T; numbered upper right corner: 2; lettered upper center: PROJET DU PLAN DES SOUTERRAINS; lettered center: PROJET DE LA DISTRIPUTION DU PLAN DU REZ DE CHAUSSÉE; lettered lower center: Pieds de France

Cite this object as

Print, Architectural Plans for a Basement and Ground Floor; Designed by François de Cuvilliés the younger (German, 1731 - 1777), François de Cuvilliés the Elder (Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768); Germany; engraving and etching on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-286-4

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