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This and 9 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Title Pages, 1755–69.

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Print, Title Page, 1755

This is a Print. It was written by Pietro Metastasio and published by Agathe Quillau. It is dated 1755 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.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 21.6 x 15.2 cm (8 1/2 x 6 in.)

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, in the center: POESIE/ DEL SIGNOR ABATE /PIETRO METASTASIO/ TOMO II./ PARIGI / Presso La Vedova Quillau/ M.DCC.LV.; inscribed in graphite, lower right margin: 1921-6-233 (2)

Cite this object as

Print, Title Page, 1755; Written by Pietro Metastasio (Italian, 1698 – 1782); Published by Agathe Quillau (French, d.1764); France; etching on laid paper; Sheet: 21.6 x 15.2 cm (8 1/2 x 6 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-233-2

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