This and 11 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album Containing two Series of Tailpieces and Fleurons.

Object Timeline

1920

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

  • You found it!

Print, 2me. SUITTE DE CULS DE LAMPES ET FLEURONS. Inventés et Dessinés Par Mr. Bachelier, P.tre du Roy, Tirée de la grande Edition in-f. des Fables de la Fontaine, et Gravés par PP : Choffard.

This is a Print. It was designed by Bachelier and print maker: P.P. Choffard and published by Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau. It is dated 1762 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 26.9 x 21.3 cm (10 9/16 x 8 3/8 in.)

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: Bachelier inv.; lower right: PP. Choffard Sculp.

It is inscribed

Numbered in plate, lettered lower left: 12; lower center: Avec Priv. du Roy.; lower right: b; inscribed in graphite lower right margin: 12

Cite this object as

Print, 2me. SUITTE DE CULS DE LAMPES ET FLEURONS. Inventés et Dessinés Par Mr. Bachelier, P.tre du Roy, Tirée de la grande Edition in-f. des Fables de la Fontaine, et Gravés par PP : Choffard.; Designed by Jean-Jacques Bachelier (French, 1724 - 1806); Print Maker: P.P. Choffard; Published by Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau (French, active 1755-1768); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Sheet: 26.9 x 21.3 cm (10 9/16 x 8 3/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-234-12

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