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Print

1757 (engraved)
Artist/Maker
Boucher (designer)
Chedel, Pierre-Quentin (engraver)
Place of origin
Paris (engraved)

Engraving; frontispiece to La Conchyliologie de Dezallier d'Argenville, Paris, 1757.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Engraving print on paper
Printing Ink
Paper
Engraving
Brief description
Engraved ornament print designed by François Boucher and engraved by Pierre-Quentin Chedel; frontispiece to La Conchyliologie de Dezallier d'Argenville, Paris, 1757.
Physical description
Engraving; frontispiece to La Conchyliologie de Dezallier d'Argenville, Paris, 1757.
Dimensions
  • Plate height: 25.4cm
  • Plate width: 17.8cm
  • Paper height: 26.3cm
  • Paper width: 18.2cm
Taken from Ornements, architecture. Paris: La Sirène, 1990. Bookseller's catalogue.
Style
French School
Subjects depicted
Natural History
Engraved Ornament
Shells
Bees
Fountains
Elephants
Camels
Snakes
Coral
Eagles
Tortoise
Bibliographic references
  • Ornements, architecture. Paris: La Sirène, 1990. Bookseller's catalogue.
  • Ornements, architecture. Paris: La Sirène, 1990. Bookseller’s catalogue.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.509-1991

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Record createdMarch 2, 2009
Record URL
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