Geometrical and Lateral Elevation of the Catafalque of Louis XV, from Description des Honneurs Funébres Rendus a la Mémoire de Très-Grand, Très-Haut, Très-Puissant, et Très-Excellent Prince, Louis XV, le Bien-Aimé, Roi de France et de Navarre; Dans l'Église de Notre-Dame de Paris, le 7 Septembre 1774.
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- Title: Geometrical and Lateral Elevation of the Catafalque of Louis XV, from Description des Honneurs Funébres Rendus a la Mémoire de Très-Grand, Très-Haut, Très-Puissant, et Très-Excellent Prince, Louis XV, le Bien-Aimé, Roi de France et de Navarre; Dans l'Église de Notre-Dame de Paris, le 7 Septembre 1774.
- Series/Portfolio: Description des Honneurs Funébres Rendus a la Mémoire de Très-Grand, Très-Haut, Très-Puissant, et Très-Excellent Prince, Louis XV, le Bien-Aimé, Roi de France et de Navarre; Dans l'Église de Notre-Dame de Paris, le 7 Septembre 1774.
- Artist: Louis Simon Lempereur (French, Paris 1728–1807 Paris)
- Artist: After Charles Michel Ange Challe (French, Paris 1718–1778 Paris)
- Printer: P. R. C. Ballard
- Printer: Comte d'Artois
- Date: 1774
- Medium: Etching and engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 6 9/16 in. (36.8 × 16.7 cm) fold-out plate
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
- Object Number: 62.652.1(5)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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