This and 7 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints: Designs for Frames by Pierre-Gabriel Berthault.

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1920

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Print, Cartel décoré pour la Poësie.

This is a Print. It was designed by Pierre-Gabriel Berthault and print maker: Pierre-Gabriel Berthault and published by Jacques Chéreau. It is dated ca. 1758 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.

It is signed

Etched lower left, in plate: Barthault inv.; Etched lower right, in plate: et Sculpsit.

It is inscribed

Printed lower center, in plate: Cartel décoré pour la Poësie. / AParis, chés Jacques Chéreau,rue St.Jacques au grand S.Remy.; Printed lower plate, in right: 3; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 3 / 1921-6-239(3)

Cite this object as

Print, Cartel décoré pour la Poësie.; Designed by Pierre-Gabriel Berthault (French, 1737–1831); Published by Jacques Chéreau (French, 1688–1776); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-239-3

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