print; ornament print

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Object Type: print; ornament print
Museum number: 1854,1020.1587
Title: Series: Recueil de plusieurs jeux d'enfants chinois
Description: Two chinoiseries printed from the same plate; in the upper section, three children playing with a spinning top, and below three children flying a kite; after Pillement. 1759 Etching
Producer name: After: Jean-Baptiste Pillement; Print made by: Pierre Charles Canot
School/style
Production date: 1759
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 428 millimetres; Width: 274 millimetres
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Curator's comments: From a series of eight plates, see 1854,1020.1586. This print is kept in an album, see 1854,1020.1578 for comment.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: chinoiserie; kite/kite flying
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Fürst Karl von Paar, Freiherr auf Hartberg und Krottenstein (estate of); Purchased through: Sotheby's (13.vii.1854); Purchased through: A E Evans & Sons
Acquisition date: 1854
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1854,1020.1587

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