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This and 96 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints: Ornaments, Cartouches, and Frames by Cuvilliés père .

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1920

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

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Bound Print, Title Page

This is a Bound print. It was designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder and published by François de Cuvilliés the Elder and print maker: Balthazar Sigismond Setlezky. It is dated 1738 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on 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

28.5 × 18.9 cm (11 1/4 × 7 7/16 in.)

It is signed

Lettered lower left, in plate: F. de Cuvillies. Inv. et. del.; Lettered lower right, in plate: B. S. Setlezkÿ. Sc. M.

It is inscribed

Printed in plate, within cartouche: Livre de Cartouches / irreguliers Nouvellement / inventé par François de Cuvillies Conseiller Ar. / et Gentilhomme de / Bouche de Leurs A. S. E. / de Baviere et de Cologne / Zedetskÿ Scu Mon.; upper right: No 11.; lower center: Cum. Privil. S. C. Maj.

Cite this object as

Bound Print, Title Page; Designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder (Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768); Print Maker: Balthazar Sigismond Setlezky (German, 1695 - 1774); Germany; etching and engraving on paper; 28.5 × 18.9 cm (11 1/4 × 7 7/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-281-38

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