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This and 18 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Book, Suite de dessins chinois (Album of Chinoiserie).

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Bound Print, A Man with a Basket of Vegetables

This is a Bound print. It was designed by Jean-Baptiste Pillement and published by Pierre-Francois Basan and print maker: Pierre-Charles Canot. It is dated 1759-76 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on laid 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 signed

Lettered lower center in plate: a Paris ches Basan;

It is inscribed

Numbered lower left in plate: 1; numbered lower right in plate: 5; inscribed in graphite, lower right margin: 1921-6-214 (4)

Cite this object as

Bound Print, A Man with a Basket of Vegetables; Designed by Jean-Baptiste Pillement (French, 1728–1808); Print Maker: Pierre-Charles Canot (French, 1710 - 1777); Published by Pierre-Francois Basan (French, 1723 – 1797); France; etching on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-214-4

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