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Print, A Castle in Ruins Upon the Banks of the Loire

This is a Print. It was after Franz Edmund Weirotter and print maker: W. Boonett. It is dated ca. 1780-1800 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Bruno Lasker and Mrs. Bruno Lasker.

Its dimensions are

Plate: 19.3 × 27 cm (7 5/8 × 10 5/8 in.) Paper: 19.9 × 29 cm (7 13/16 × 11 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed, lower margin: "J. [sic.] Weirotter delin."..."W.Boonett f."."A Castle in ruins upon the Banks of the Loire"..."Château ruiné sue les bords de la Loire"/"London, Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street." In the upper right corner, the number "6."

Cite this object as

Print, A Castle in Ruins Upon the Banks of the Loire; Print Maker: W. Boonett (active late 18th century); After Franz Edmund Weirotter (Austrian, 1730 - 1771); England; engraving on paper; Plate: 19.3 × 27 cm (7 5/8 × 10 5/8 in.) Paper: 19.9 × 29 cm (7 13/16 × 11 7/16 in.); 1957-41-169

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