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State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia (Inventory Number ОГ-124102) / https://hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/04…IMAGE INFORMATION

6 prints of Flowers & ornaments invented by Tessiers & engraved in imitation of Black Chalk by De Marteau

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

September 1777

Primary Source Reference:

Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 25r

Notes:

Pencil-manner engravings by Giles Demarteau (1722-1776), after Louis Tessier (ca. 1719-1781)

The Hermitage Museum holds one, pictured here, that is described as "Leaf of a Series of Flowers Dedicated to Buffon."