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Mercure de France, February 1730 issue, with a Project for the Fireworks Display presented by the Spanish Ambassador on the Occasion of the Birth of the Dauphin

1730
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Mercure de France, February 1730 issue, with a Project for the Fireworks Display presented by the Spanish Ambassador on the Occasion of the Birth of the Dauphin
  • Artist: Jacques Dumont, called le Romain (French, Paris 1701–1781 Paris)
  • Artist: after Jean Nicolas Servandoni (Italian, Florence 1695–1766 Paris)
  • Date: 1730
  • Medium: Illustrations: etching
  • Dimensions: 8 5/16 x 11 7/8 in. (21.1 x 30.2 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Max G. Wildnauer Fund, 2011
  • Object Number: 2011.284
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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