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A sprig of various imaginary flowers: 2.K.22-159

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A sprig of various imaginary flowers
Recueil, de differentes fleurs de Fantaisie dans le goût Chinois, Propres aux Manufactures d'etoffes de Soie, et d' Indienne, inventées et dessinées Par Jean Pillement, et gravé par P.C.Canot

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Canot, Pierre Charles
Draughtsman: Pillement, Jean-Baptiste (After)

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1760

Note

Lettered lower left:' J Pillement inv.t', and lower right: 'Publish'd accord.g to Act of Parlia.t 30th June 1760'

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 2.K.22-159
Primary reference Number: 196390
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Audit data

Created: Friday 12 April 2013 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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