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This and 5 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Book, Album of Prints: Arabesques by Jean Démosthène Dugourc.

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1920

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2016

2025

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Bound Print, Mars ou La Guerre

This is a Bound print. It was designed by Jean Démosthène Dugourc and published by Jacques-François Chéreau and print maker: Jean Démosthène Dugourc. It is dated 1782 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching 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

26 x 18.5 cm (10 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)

It is signed

Etched lower left, in plate: JDG Inv. &. Fecit.

It is inscribed

Printed lower center, in plate: MARS OU LA GUERRE; Printed lower right, in plate: 6; Inscribed in graphite, lower left, in margin: -4861; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 6

Cite this object as

Bound Print, Mars ou La Guerre; Designed by Jean Démosthène Dugourc (French, 1749–1825); Published by Jacques-François Chéreau (French, 1742 - 1794); France; etching on paper; 26 x 18.5 cm (10 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-298-6

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