Plate 6 from "Cahier de Balançoires Chinoises"
Jean Pillement French
Engraver Jean Jacques Avril, the Elder French
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Jean Pillement French
Engraver Jean Jacques Avril, the Elder French
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Title: Plate 6 from "Cahier de Balançoires Chinoises"
Series/Portfolio: Cahier de Balançoires Chinoises
Artist:
Jean Pillement (French, Lyons 1728–1808 Lyons)
Engraver:
Jean Jacques Avril, the Elder (French, Paris 1744–1831 Paris)
Date: ca. 1770
Medium: Etching
Dimensions:
Plate: 14 7/16 × 10 1/4 in. (36.6 × 26 cm)
Sheet: 20 1/16 in. × 14 in. (51 × 35.5 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1948
Object Number: 48.147.5
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