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This and 6 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints: Fountains Designed by François Boucher.

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1920

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

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Bound Print, Title Page

This is a Bound print. It was designed by François Boucher and published by Chez Le Pere et Avaulez and engraved by Gabriel Huquier. It is dated 1736 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving on 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 × 25.4 cm (13 3/8 × 10 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in plate, within cartouche at center: RECEUIL DE FONTAINES / Inventées / par F. BOUCHER. / Peintre du / ROY. ; lower margin : à Paris chez Le Père et Avaulez rue S. Jacques ; Printed upper right, in plate: 1; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 1er Livrs. / 1

Cite this object as

Bound Print, Title Page; Designed by François Boucher (French, 1703–1770); Engraved by Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772); Published by Chez Le Pere et Avaulez; France; engraving on laid paper; 34 × 25.4 cm (13 3/8 × 10 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-266-1

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