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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

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2016

2025

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Bound Print, Frame with Cartouche

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: Carl Albert von Lespilliez. It is dated 1740–68 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

27.3 × 17.6 cm (10 3/4 × 6 15/16 in.)

It is signed

Lettered lower left, in plate: F. de. Cuvillies In; Lettered lower right, in plate: C. A. de L'Espilliez Sc.

It is inscribed

Printed in plate, lower center: Cumpr. S.C.M.

Cite this object as

Bound Print, Frame with Cartouche; Designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder (Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768); Print Maker: Carl Albert von Lespilliez (German, 1723 - 1796); Germany; etching and engraving on paper; 27.3 × 17.6 cm (10 3/4 × 6 15/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-281-54

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