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Frontispice pour le "Tombeau de John Tillotson, archevêque de Cantorbéry" (Frontispiece for the "Tomb of John Tillotson, Archbishop fo Canterbery), from Tombeaux des Princes, des Grands Capitaines et autres Hommes illustres (Tombs of Princes, Great Captains, and other Illustrious Men)

After François Boucher French
ca. 1736
Not on view

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  • Title: Frontispice pour le "Tombeau de John Tillotson, archevêque de Cantorbéry" (Frontispiece for the "Tomb of John Tillotson, Archbishop fo Canterbery), from Tombeaux des Princes, des Grands Capitaines et autres Hommes illustres (Tombs of Princes, Great Captains, and other Illustrious Men)
  • Series/Portfolio: Tombeaux des Princes, des Grands Capitaines et autres Hommes illustres qui ont fleuri dans la Grande Bretagne vers la fin du XVII & le commencement du XVIII. Siècle Gravés par les plus Habiles Maitres de Paris, d'aprés les Tableaux et desseins origanaux des plus celebres Peintres d'Italie. Tirés du Cabinet de Monseigneur le Duc de Richmond et Lennox... A Paris, chez Basan et Poignant, marchands d'estampes
  • Artist: Nicolas de Larmessin III (French, Paris 1685–1755 Paris)
  • Artist: After François Boucher (French, Paris 1703–1770 Paris)
  • Author: Eugene MacSwiny
  • Date: ca. 1736
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 25 1/8 x 16 1/8 in. (63.8 x 41 cm) trimmed to platemark
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
  • Object Number: 53.600.1005(2)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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