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This and 9 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Albums of Prints: German Rocaille Designs.

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Print, Metalwork Design

This is a Print. It was designed by Caspar-Gottlieb Eisler and published by Martin Englebrecht. It is dated ca. 1750 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving on 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.

It is signed

Lettered lower left, in plate: C.P. Maj.; Lettered lower center, in plate: C.G. Eißler inv. et del.; Lettered lower right, in plate: Mart. Engelbrecht excud. A.V.

It is inscribed

Printed upper left, in plate: 2; Printed upper right, in plate: 311; Inscribed in graphite, lower leff, vertically, in margin: 2 / 1921-6-300(2)

Cite this object as

Print, Metalwork Design; Designed by Caspar-Gottlieb Eisler; Published by Martin Englebrecht; Germany; engraving on white laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-300-2

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