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This and 6 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Recueil de Fontaines (Collection of Fountains).

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Bound Print, Plate 3, Receuil de Fontaines (Collection of Fountains), 1736

This is a Bound print. It was designed by François Boucher and engraved by Gabriel Huquier and published by Gabriel Huquier. It is dated 1736 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is 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.

Its dimensions are

33.3 × 25.3 cm (13 1/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

It is signed

Printed in plate, lower left: F. Boucher. In..; lower right: Huquier. ex.

It is inscribed

Printed in plate, lower center: avec privilege du Roy.; upper right: 3

Cite this object as

Bound Print, Plate 3, Receuil de Fontaines (Collection of Fountains), 1736; Designed by François Boucher (French, 1703–1770); France; engraving on paper; 33.3 × 25.3 cm (13 1/8 × 9 15/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-266-3

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