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This and 7 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album containing a series of designs for hand-screens.

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Print, Title-page from Neüe Inventiones von Chinesischen Zierrathen, zu untershiedlichem Gebrauch, Erster Theil

This is a Print. It was designed by Bellay and published by Johann Georg Merz. It is dated ca. 1740-1762 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.

It is signed

Lettered in lower right of the plate: ‘Ioh: Georg Merz, excud. Aug: Vindel:’. Lettered in lower left of the plate: ‘Bellay, invenit,’

It is inscribed

Numbered and lettered in top centre of the plate: ‘No. 11’ Lettered in top right of the plate: ‘L’ Numbered in lower right of the plate: ‘1’

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Print, Title-page from Neüe Inventiones von Chinesischen Zierrathen, zu untershiedlichem Gebrauch, Erster Theil ; Designed by Bellay (French, active from 1734); Published by Johann Georg Merz (German, 1694 – 1762); France; etching on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-301-1

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