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Print, Frontispiece with Portrait Medallion, Recueil d’Ornemens , 1777

This is a Print. It was designed by Louis-Gustave Taraval and Gilles Paul Cauvet and published by Gilles Paul Cauvet and engraved by Jacques Le Roy and dedicatee: Louis XVIII, King of France. It is dated 1777 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

It is inscribed

Around portrait medallion: Louis Stanislaus Xavier de Bourbon, Monsier Frere du Roi On tablet: Recueil d'Ornemens Dedie a Monsieur en l'Annee 1777. Par G.P. Cauvet/d'Aix en Provence/Sculpteur de son/Altesse Royale. Bottom left: Taraval inv. Bottom right: Ja Le Roy, sculp.

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Print, Frontispiece with Portrait Medallion, Recueil d’Ornemens , 1777; Designed by Louis-Gustave Taraval (French, 1738 – 1794), Gilles Paul Cauvet (French, 1731 - 1788); Engraved by Jacques Le Roy; Dedicatee: Louis XVIII, King of France (French, 1755 – 1824); France; etching on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-204-2

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