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Print, Cartouche in Front of an Obelisk
This is a Print. It was designed by Pierre-Edmé Babel and Pierre Edme Babel and etched by Pierre-Edmé Babel and published by Jacques Chéreau and print maker: Pierre Edme Babel. It is dated 1743-1763 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on off-white 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 has the following markings
Watermark with 1742 date
It is signed
Lettered lower left, in plate: Babel invenit et Sculpsit
It is inscribed
Printed lower center, in plate: A Paris ches Jacques Chereau rue St. Jacques au grand St. Remy.; Printed lower right, in plate: Avec Privilege du Roy. / 4.; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 19 / 1921-6-231 (19).
Cite this object as
Print, Cartouche in Front of an Obelisk; Designed by Pierre Edme Babel (French, 1720–1775); Published by Jacques Chéreau (French, 1688–1776); France; etching on off-white paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-231-19
