The Inauguration of the Statue of Louis XV, Vignette on page 1, from Description des Travaux qui ont précédé. accompagné et suivi la fonte en bronze d'un seul jet de la Statue Equèstre de Louis XV le bien-aimé dressée sur les mémoires de M. Lempereur ancien Echevin. Par M. Mariette, Honoraire amateur de l'Académie Royale de Peinture et Sculpture, A Paris de l'Imprimerie de P.G. Le Mercier

Publisher Lemercier French
1766
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  • Title: The Inauguration of the Statue of Louis XV, Vignette on page 1, from Description des Travaux qui ont précédé. accompagné et suivi la fonte en bronze d'un seul jet de la Statue Equèstre de Louis XV le bien-aimé dressée sur les mémoires de M. Lempereur ancien Echevin. Par M. Mariette, Honoraire amateur de l'Académie Royale de Peinture et Sculpture, A Paris de l'Imprimerie de P.G. Le Mercier
  • Artist: Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, Paris 1736–1807 Paris)
  • Artist: After Hubert François Gravelot (French, Paris 1699–1773 Paris)
  • Publisher: Lemercier (Paris)
  • Date: 1766
  • Medium: Etching and engraving; second state of two (Bocher)
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 12 5/8 in. (20.7 × 32 cm)
    Plate: 7 1/2 × 11 3/4 in. (19 × 29.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
  • Object Number: 66.559.95
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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