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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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1920

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Print, Design for a hand screen

This is a Print. It was designed by Bellay. 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 left of the plate: ‘Bellay, inv:,’

It is inscribed

Written in graphite, top right corner: '1' Written in graphite, lower right corner: 'p.2

Cite this object as

Print, Design for a hand screen; Designed by Bellay (French, active from 1734); France; etching on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-301-8

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