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Print, Two Birds on a Branch

This is a Print. It was print maker: Gilles Demarteau. It is dated ca. 1770 and we acquired it in 1921. Its medium is crayon-manner engraving 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

25.5 × 20.3 cm (10 1/16 in. × 8 in.)

It is inscribed

At top: "3e Feuille du 3r Cahier". At bottom: "Etourneau - mâle et feuille".

Cite this object as

Print, Two Birds on a Branch; Print Maker: Gilles Demarteau (Belgian, active in France, 1722 – 1776); France; crayon-manner engraving on paper; 25.5 × 20.3 cm (10 1/16 in. × 8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1921-22-350

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