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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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Print, M

This is a Print. It was designed by Giovanni Paolo Gaspari and published by François de Cuvilliés the younger and print maker: François de Cuvilliés the younger. 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

Upper Plate: lettered lower center: I.P. Gasbari/ de Cuvillies fils sculp 1770; Lower Plate: lettered in plate, lower left: Jean Paul Gaspari inv. et pinxit; lettered lower right: De Cuvillies Sculp. 1770

It is inscribed

Upper Plate: numbered in plate, upper left corner: 17/ C.P.S.C.M; lettered upper center: Suite des Matinées de differends Artistes/ FONTAINES PUBLIQUES; lettered upper right corner: C.P.R./M; Lower Plate: lettered in plate, upper left corner: 16/ C.P.S.C.M; lettered upper center: Suite des Matinées de differends Artistes/ FONTAINES; lettered upper right corner: C.P.R./M

Cite this object as

Print, M; Designed by Giovanni Paolo Gaspari (1714 – 1775); Print Maker: François de Cuvilliés the younger (German, 1731 - 1777); Germany; etching and engraving on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-286-41

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