This and 89 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints: Tome 1 of the Oeuvre of Juste-François Boucher, known as Boucher fils.

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Print, Sécrétaire à la Provençale

This is a Print. It was designed by Jules-François Boucher le fils and published by Pierre-Michel Avaulez, Chez Le Pere et Avaulez and Charles Le Pere. It is dated ca. 1775 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving on off white 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

Lettered lower left, in plate: Boucher inv.; Lettered lower right, in plate: Dupin sc.

It is inscribed

Printed upper left, in plate: 9e. Cahier; Printed upper center, in plate: Sécrétaire à la Provençale; Printed upper right, in plate: No. 52

Cite this object as

Print, Sécrétaire à la Provençale; Designed by Jules-François Boucher le fils (French, 1736 – 1782); Published by Chez Le Pere et Avaulez, Charles Le Pere (French, active 18th century), Pierre-Michel Avaulez (French, active 1772 – d. 1774); France; engraving on off white laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-252-49

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