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A. Meyssonnier: Coupe & facade de ladite Eglise [de l'Ordre du Saint-Espirit]'); 9085 bought from R. Jackson June 9th 1883, for £1.10.0d; D.372-1887 bought from R. Jackson, June 14th 1887, for £1.15.0d.","historicalContext":"One of two designs for this church (9085 and D.372-1887), one is a elevation and one the interior.\r\n\r\nTwo related drawings of a project for the Hotel de Ville are in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris (Est. B 6 t.III res. fol).","briefDescription":"Design, elevation and section for a church for the Order of the Holy Ghost, pen and watercolour, Meissonnier, Juste Aurele (1695-1750)","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Jorg Garms, 'Projects for the Pont Neuf and Place Dauphine in the first half of the Eighteenth Century' in <u>Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians</u> 26, 1967, pp.102-112, figs 5 and 6."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<u>Princely treasures. European masterpieces 1600-1800 from the Victoria and Albert Museum</u>, S. Medlam and L. Miller ed., London, 2011, p.68, illus."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[{"text":"Paris","id":"x29068"}],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"churches","id":"AAT7466"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"<b>Jules Aurèle Meissonier\r\n(1695 - 1750)</b>\r\nDesigns for a church in Paris\r\nFrench, second quarter of the 18th \r\ncentury\r\nPencil, pen and ink, watercolour and\r\nchinese white\r\n\r\nThese designs were purchased from the \r\nsame dealer, R Jackson in 1883 and 1887.\r\nThey are for a projected church for the \r\norder of the Holy Ghost, in Paris. 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