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This and 149 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints: Designs by François de Cuvilliés as well as other German Artists.

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Print, Title Page

This is a Print. It was designed by François de Cuvilliés and published by Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly. It is dated 1745 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is black ink and graphite 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: 44.2 x 29 cm (17 3/8 x 11 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in black ink, center: 3e.. Recueil / OEUVRES / de FRANÇOIS De CUVILLIÈS / Père et Fils / ARCHITECTES / de / S.A.S.E. de BAVIÈRE / et de / COLOGNE / 1er.. Volume.; Inscribed in graphite, lower center: Dessin original Moderne.

Cite this object as

Print, Title Page; Designed by François de Cuvilliés the younger (German, 1731 - 1777); Published by Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly (France, 1712 – ca. 1758); France; black ink and graphite on off-white laid paper; Sheet: 44.2 x 29 cm (17 3/8 x 11 7/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-285-1

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