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This and 42 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Designs with Putti after F. Boucher.

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1920

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Print, Title Page

This is a Print. It was designed by François Boucher and published by Gabriel Huquier and print maker: Louis-Félix Delarue. It is dated 1749–61 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.

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: AParis chés Huquier ruë des Mathurins; lower right: au coin de celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R/ Gravé par la Rüe

It is inscribed

Numbered in plate, upper right: 1; lettered in plate, lower center: LIVRE/ des Arts/ Par/ F. Boucher/ Peintre du Roy; lower center : L’ARCHITECTURE; inscribed in graphite, lower left : 31; inscribed in graphite, lower left margin: 1921-6-247(31)

Cite this object as

Print, Title Page; Designed by François Boucher (French, 1703–1770); Print Maker: Louis-Félix Delarue (French, 1730 – 1777); Published by Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772); France; etching on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-247-31

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