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Print, Heads of Cats and Dogs

This is a Print. It was print maker: Jean-Baptiste Huët and Jean-Baptiste Marie Huet. It is dated ca. 1775 and we acquired it in 1921. Its medium is aquatint in gray and black ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

7.9 × 10 cm (3 1/8 × 3 15/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in plate, lower left: J. B. hüet

Cite this object as

Print, Heads of Cats and Dogs; Print Maker: Jean-Baptiste Huët (1745 – 1811), Jean-Baptiste Marie Huet (French, 1745 - 1811); France; aquatint in gray and black ink on paper; 7.9 × 10 cm (3 1/8 × 3 15/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1921-22-303

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