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This and 80 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints: Different Works by Lalonde, Decorator and Designer, Part II.

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1920

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2016

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Print, Billard

This is a Print. It was designed by Pierre Claude Delagardette and published by Jacques-François Chéreau and print maker: Pierre Claude Delagardette. It is dated 1775-1788 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on off-white 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: 36.8 × 22.7 cm (14 1/2 × 8 15/16 in.) Platemark: 30.1 × 18.9 cm (11 7/8 × 7 7/16 in.) Image: 28.1 × 16.2 cm (11 1/16 × 6 3/8 in.)

It is signed

Lettered lower left, in plate: Delagardette Del et Sculp.

It is inscribed

Printed upper center, in plate: IXeme. Cahier de Meubles- Billard, Tables de Jeux &c / Billard; Printed upper right, in plate: I; Printed lower center, in plate: A Paris chez Chereau rüe des Mathurins aux 2 Piliers d'Or Avec Privilége du Roy; Printed lower right, in plate: 1; Inscribed in graphite, lower left, in margin: 72; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 49

Cite this object as

Print, Billard; Designed by Pierre Claude Delagardette (French, 1745 - 1792); Published by Jacques-François Chéreau (French, 1742 - 1794); France; etching on off-white laid paper; Sheet: 36.8 × 22.7 cm (14 1/2 × 8 15/16 in.) Platemark: 30.1 × 18.9 cm (11 7/8 × 7 7/16 in.) Image: 28.1 × 16.2 cm (11 1/16 × 6 3/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-279-49

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