print;
book
- Museum number
- 1853,1008.161-180
- Title
- Object: Le Musée Royal
- Description
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"Le Musée Royal publié par Henri Laurent, Graveur du Cabinet du Roi; ou, Recueil de Gravures d'après les Plus Belles Tableaux, Statues, et Bas-Reliefs de la Collection Royale, avec Description des Sujects, Notices Littéraires, et Discours sur les Arts. Dédié au Roi" (Paris, P. Didot, l'Ainé) Seconde Série, "Statues Antiques", 1818; containing 40 plates engraved by J. J. Avril, Chatillon, Girardet and others, depicting works of ancient sculpture from the French royal collection. With letterpress explanations and tables of the plates listing the draughtsmen and engravers involved in their production. Bound in green and gold at BM bindery.
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1818
- Dimensions
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Height: 580 millimetres (sheet size of each page)
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Width: 430 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- 1 of 6 bound volumes containing text and plates from the "Musée Français" and "Musée Royal" located at 243.b.17 to 22. Other plates from the series are kept in the collection unbound.
For a description of the project see curator's comment for 1875,0410.469.
The prints in this volume are registered as 1853,1008.161 to 180 and 1852,1008.241 to 260.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Le Musée Royal
- Acquisition date
- 1853
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1853,1008.161-180
