This and 3 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints: Cartouches Pittoresques by Pierre-Edmé Babel, ca. 1740-1760.

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Print, Cartouche Pitoresque

This is a Print. It was designed by Pierre-Edmé Babel and published by Jacques Chéreau. It is dated ca. 1740-1760 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 28.4 x 22.2 cm (11 3/16 x 8 3/4 in.)

It is signed

Lettered lower left, in plate: Babel invenit et Sculpsit

It is inscribed

Printed lower center, in plate: Cartouche Pitoresque / A Paris chez Jacques Chereau rue St. Jacques au grand St. Remy.; Printed lower right, in plate: Avec Privilege du Roy / 1; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 7; Inscribed in ink, lower right, in margin: 16

Cite this object as

Print, Cartouche Pitoresque; Designed by Pierre Edme Babel (French, 1720–1775); Published by Jacques Chéreau (French, 1688–1776); France; etching; Sheet: 28.4 x 22.2 cm (11 3/16 x 8 3/4 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-232-1

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