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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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1920

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2016

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Print, Le Corps des Cadets

This is a Print. It was designed by François de Cuvilliés and print maker: François de Cuvilliés and published by François de Cuvilliés. It is dated 18th century and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving 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

Platemark: 18.4 x 13.4 cm (7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.) Sheet: 44 x 28.6 cm (17 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed upper left, in plate: 15; Printed upper center, in plate: LE CORPS DES CADETS.; upper center, on a banderol, in plate: et bello, et pace Triumphans.; Printed lower center, in plate: Dedié a son Excellence Monsieur le Lt. General de Larose, Chambelant / par son tres humble et obeisant Serviteur de Cuvilliés Capitaine.; Inscribed in graphite, lower center, in margin: 134; Printed lower left, in margin: 34

Cite this object as

Print, Le Corps des Cadets; Designed by François de Cuvilliés the younger (German, 1731 - 1777); Germany; etching and engraving on off-white laid paper; Platemark: 18.4 x 13.4 cm (7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.) Sheet: 44 x 28.6 cm (17 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-285-135

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