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This and 119 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Bound Volume, Oeuvre de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier.

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1920

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Print, Projet d'un feu d'Artifice sur l'eau pour le mariage de Me. Première (Design for Fireworks over Water for the Marriage of Madame Premiere [Elizabeth of France], plate 112, in Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier

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

34 x 61.8 cm (13 3/8 x 24 5/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in plate, lower left: J. A. Meissonnier inv.; lower right: Herisset Sculp.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in plate, upper right: 112.; lower center: Elevation du Projet d'un feu d'Artifice sur l'eau pour le mariage de Me. Premiere. / A Paris chés Huquier rue St. Jacque au coin de celle des Mathurins C.P.R.

Cite this object as

Print, Projet d'un feu d'Artifice sur l'eau pour le mariage de Me. Première (Design for Fireworks over Water for the Marriage of Madame Premiere [Elizabeth of France], plate 112, in Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier; Designed by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (French, b. Italy, 1695–1750); Engraved by Herisset (French, 18th century); Published by Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772); France; engraving on white laid paper; 34 x 61.8 cm (13 3/8 x 24 5/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-212-69

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