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Print, POELE élégant en forme de pied-d’estal, surmonté d’un grouppe de figures de femmes portant une corbeille

This is a Print. It was designed by Louis Bosse and Ollivier and print maker: Louis-Gustave Taraval and published by Ollivier. It is dated ca. 1791 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and hand colored watercolor 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.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 41.5 × 26.4 cm (16 5/16 × 10 3/8 in.) Platemark: 32.7 × 19.2 cm (12 7/8 × 7 9/16 in.) Image: 31.2 × 17.9 cm (12 5/16 × 7 1/16 in.)

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: Bosse inv.; lettered lower right: Taraval S

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper right, above plate mark: 18

Cite this object as

Print, POELE élégant en forme de pied-d’estal, surmonté d’un grouppe de figures de femmes portant une corbeille; Designed by Ollivier (French), Louis Bosse (French); Print Maker: Louis-Gustave Taraval (French, 1738 – 1794); France; etching and hand colored watercolor on paper; Sheet: 41.5 × 26.4 cm (16 5/16 × 10 3/8 in.) Platemark: 32.7 × 19.2 cm (12 7/8 × 7 9/16 in.) Image: 31.2 × 17.9 cm (12 5/16 × 7 1/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-407-36

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