Print, Title Page, 1762

This is a Print. It was designed by Bachelier and published by Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau and engraved by P.P. Choffard and print maker: P.P. Choffard. It is dated 1762 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on laid paper. 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: 27 x 21.6 cm (10 5/8 x 8 1/2 in.)

It is signed

Lettered center, in cloud: Bachelier; center right, in plate: PP. Choffard Sculp.; lower left, in plate: Bachelier inv.; lower right, in plate: PP. Choffard Sculp.; lower center, in plate: A Paris chés la Ve. Chereau rue St. Jacques aux 2 Pilliers d or.

It is inscribed

Lettered lower center in plate: 2me. SUITTE / DE CULS DE LAMPES ET FLEURONS / Inventés et Dessinés Par Mr. Bachelier, P.tre du Roy / Tirée de la grande Edition in-f. des Fables de la Fontaine / et Gravés par PP : Choffard. / Avec Privilége du Roy.; numbered lower left, in plate : 7; lettered lower right, in plate : b; inscribed in graphite, lower right margin : 7

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