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This and 52 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Architectural Prints.

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Print, Two Architectural Elevations of the Hermitage

This is a Print. It was designed by François de Cuvilliés the younger and Michael Hartwagner and published by François de Cuvilliés the younger and print maker: Michael Hartwagner. It is dated 1770 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and 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.

It is signed

Lettered in plate, below lower border: Inventé par Monr. De Cuvillies fils mis au jour en 1770. Se vend a Paris et a Munich chez l’auteur. Le cadran Solaire est inv: et gra: par Mr. Hartwagner

It is inscribed

Numbered in plate, upper left corner: 4/ C.P.S.C.M; ELEVATION DE L’HERMITAGE DU COTE DE L’ENTRÉE; numbered upper center: 1770; lettered upper right: ELEVATION LATERALLE DE L’HERMITAGE/ C.P.R/ X

Cite this object as

Print, Two Architectural Elevations of the Hermitage; Designed by François de Cuvilliés the younger (German, 1731 - 1777), Michael Hartwagner (German, d. 1776); Germany; etching and engraving on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-286-23

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