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This and 9 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints: Fourth Book of Vases and Book of Arabesques by Aubert Parent.

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Print, Arabesque Design

This is a Print. It was designed by P. Aubert and published by Jacques-Simon Chéreau and print maker: P. Aubert. It is dated 1788 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving 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.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 41 x 25.7 cm (16 1/8 x 10 1/8 in.)

It is signed

Lettered lower left, in plate: Aubert Parent Del.

It is inscribed

Printed lower center, in plate: J. Chereau Exc.; Printed lower right, in plate: A.P.D.R. 3.; Printed upper right, in plate: C; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 1921-6-228(9)

Cite this object as

Print, Arabesque Design; Designed by P. Aubert; Published by Jacques-Simon Chéreau (French, 176.–1807); France; etching and engraving on paper ; Sheet: 41 x 25.7 cm (16 1/8 x 10 1/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-228-9

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