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This and 4 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Cahier d’Arabesques Composés par C.L. Desrais en 1789.

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1920

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

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Print, Title Page

This is a Print. It was designed by Claude-Louis Desrais and print maker: Jacques Le Roy and published by Jacques-François Chéreau. It is dated 1789 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on 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.

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: C.L. Desrais Inv…; lettered lower left, below frame: C.L. Desrais Del.; lettered lower right: [---]a Le Roy Sculp..; lettered lower right, below frame: Le Roy Sculp.; lettered lower center: A Paris chez J. Chereau Rue St. Jacques/ aux 2 Colonnes no. 257.

It is inscribed

Lettered in center of plate: Cahier d’Arabesques/ Composés par/ C.L. Desrais/ en 1789; numbered in plate, lower right: 1. ; inscribed in red ink along left border, in plate: Manufacture de Porcelaine d’Orleans [---] 180.6%; inscribed in graphite lower right margin: 1921-5-296 (1)

Cite this object as

Print, Title Page; Designed by Claude-Louis Desrais (French, 1746–1816); Print Maker: Jacques Le Roy; Published by Jacques-François Chéreau (French, 1742 - 1794); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-296-1

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