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Artist and engraver Peter Scheemakers III French
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Plate 1 (numbered 7) of a series of six designs for clocks inspired by Antiquity. This design is characterized by the figure of an imploring king at the top of the clock, an oval medaillon garlanded with chains and an inscription in the bottom part of the design.
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Title: Plate 7, from "Antique Clocks, 2nd Part" (Pandulle à l'Antique. 2.me Partie)
Series/Portfolio: Antique Clocks, 2nd Part (Pandulle à l'Antique. 2.me Partie)
Artist and engraver:
Peter Scheemakers III (French, died 1765)
Date: before 1765
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions:
Plate: 8 7/8 × 6 in. (22.6 × 15.3 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/8 × 6 5/16 in. (23.8 × 16.1 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1954
Object Number: 54.512.5(1)
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